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Korea University Library provides support for Korea University authors publishing in open access and hybrid journals
Open Access Membership / Funding Contents

ACM
■ About
    · ACM – No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
■ ACM Open Journal list URL
■ Eligibility
    · Author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
■ ACM Open Access guidelines URL

AIP Publishing
■ About
    · AIP Publishing -No cost on the article processing charges (Fully OA 2 titles)
■ Journals list
    · Journal of Applied Physics URL
    · Physics of Plasmas URL
■ Eligibility
    · Author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity

Cambridge University Press
■ About
    · Cambridge University Press – No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Cambridge Core RAP – South Korea, KERIS – Korea University
■ Journals list
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional mail (@korea.ac.kr)
■ CUP submission guidelines download

De Gruyter
■ About
    · De Gruyter – No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Read and Publish (RAP) agreement
    · Period : 2023. 07. 01 ~ 2024. 06. 30
    · Number of articles: 30 articles, First come first served basis
■ Journals list
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
■ De Gruyter submission guidelines download

Karger
■ About
    · No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Publish and Read (PAR) agreement
■ Journals list
    · List by Subject URL
    · List by AtoZ URL
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
■ Karger submission guidelines download

Wiley (2024 trial)
■ About
    · No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Wiley publishing Hybrid Journals (Fully OA journals excluded)
■ Journals list
■ Eligibility / Approval
    · Responsible corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
    · 71 articles for Korea University (2025. 3~ 9.) + α (2025. 10~)
    · After January 1, 2025, papers approved for review and published as subscription-based (non-OA) can be changed to open access after publication (APC support)
    · For papers approved in January and February 2025 that were published open access at personal expense, refunds will not be provided, and conversion to institutional support is not possible
    · Limit 5 articles per author
■ Wiley Open Access guidelines download

The Company of Biologists
■ About
    · No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · The Company of Biologists publishing Hybrid Journals (3 titles) and Fully OA journal (2 titles)
■ Journals list
    · Development URL
    · Journal of Cell Science URL
    · Journal of Experimental Biology URL
    · Disease Models & Mechanisms URL
    · Biology Open URL
■ Eligibility / Approval
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea University and use the institutional email(@korea.ac.kr)
■ CoB Access guidelines download

American Chemical Society(ACS)
■ About
    · Discount on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · ACS Transformative Journals
■ Journals list
    · ACS Journal Finder URL
■ Approval
    · Automatically approve the ordering process of Copyright Clearance Center’s Rights Link as Korea University(the name of the affiliated institution)
■ ACS AuthorChoice Pricing URL
■ ACS submission guidelines URL

American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
■ About
    · 50% discount on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · ASME Hybrid Journals (33 titles) and Fully OA journal (1 title)
■ Journals list
■ Eligibility / Approval
    · Author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
■ ASME Open Access guidelines download

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS)
■ About
    · Discount on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · All articles are free to read within 6 months after publication
■ Approval
    · Author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional email (@korea.ac.kr)
■ PNAS APC guidelines URL

BioMed Central

SpringerOpen
■ About
    · BioMed Central (BMC), SpringerOpen – 15% discount on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Membership started from 2014
    · BMC OA Membership – Korea University URL
■ Journals list
    · BioMed Central (BMC) URL
    · SpringerOpen URL
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional mail (@korea.ac.kr)
    · Start the submission process only on campus IP
■ BMC_SpringerOpen submission guidelines download

BMJ Publishing Group
■ About
    · BMJ Publishing Group – 25% discount on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Membership started from 2021
    · BMJ Open Access Membership URL
    · Korea University College of Medicine and School of Medicine (Ringgold ID : 36889)
    or Korea University (Ringgold ID : 34973)
■ Journals list
    · List by Subject URL
    · List by AtoZ (OA journals) URL
    · List by AtoZ (Hybrid journals) URL
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea Unversity and use the institutional mail (@korea.ac.kr)
    ■ BMJ submission guidelines download

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
■ About
    · ASM 6 journals (all Hybrid journals) – No cost on the article processing charges (APCs)
    · Article Type : Research Article
■ Journals list
    · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy URL
    · Applied and Environmental Microbiology URL
    · Infection and Immunity URL
    · Journal of Bacteriology URL
    · Journal of Clinical Microbiology URL
    · Journal of Virology URL
■ Eligibility
    · Corresponding author should be affiliated with Korea University and use the institutional mail (@korea.ac.kr)
■ ASM Open Access guidelines download

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