Open Publishing

How to Budget for Open Publishing

Budget in Grant Proposal

If you intend to publish your research findings, consider including publishing costs in your extramural project budget. Publishing costs are an allowable direct cost, unless explicitly listed in the funder's RFA/RFP as an unallowable expense.

The open access publishing fee, also known as an article processing charge (APC), varies by journal. To make the most accurate estimate:

  1. Consider where you anticipate submitting your research for publication, and
  2. Look up the APC on the journal's website.
  3. If you do not know yet where you will publish, $3,000 per article is a reasonable estimate.

Open Publishing Agreements and Discounts

Agreements & Discounts

The Texas State University Libraries is committed to making it easier and more affordable for TXST authors to publish open access.

The University Libraries negotiate agreements with scholarly journal publishers to reduce the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access. Most agreements offer up to full coverage of the open access fees; others offer a discount. 

Not all publishers, or open access journals, charge a fee to publish an article open access.

Find details on negotiated agreements, by publisher, below.

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  • Discount or funding available: Full coverage

    Discount details: Texas State University corresponding authors may publish open access at no cost in journals covered by this agreement.

    Article Types: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Review Articles, Brief Reports, Case Reports.

    Full details: Fill out the Open Access Waivers and Discounts form

    • Enter “United States” and “Texas State University” to get the full list of journals covered.

  • Discount or funding available: Full coverage

    Discount details: Texas State University designated corresponding author may publish open access at no cost in journals covered by this agreement. Manuscripts eligible for no APC cost must be submitted under a Creative Commons License CC-BY 4.0

    Eligible Journals:

    • Development
    • Journal of Cell
    • Journal of Experimental Biology
    • Disease Models and Mechanisms
    • Biology Open

    Full details: https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/participating-institutions


     

  • Discount or funding available: 15% Discount for Gold Open Access titles; 10% Discount for Hybrid titles.

    Discount details: Texas State University corresponding authors may receive a discounted rated on the Article Processing Charge, depending on the journal title, based on the current list: https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals/journal-pricing/apc-pricelist

    Eligible titles: Elsevier-owned hybrid and fully gold journals, with the exception of Cell Press and The Lancet, and certain society titles. Eligible titles are subject to change, and may not include new fully gold open access journals launched.

  • Discount or funding available: Full coverage

    Discount details: Texas State University corresponding authors may publish open access at no cost in journals covered by this agreement.

    Eligible titles: Hybrid Open Access journals are covered. This agreement does not cover Gold Open Access journals.

    Article types: Primary research and Review articles

    Full details: Wiley Article Publication Charges for Hybrid Open Access Journals list.

Open Journal Hosting

Open Journal Systems

The Texas State University Libraries provides open journal hosting services to all TXST faculty, staff, and students. Journals are published using Open Journals System (OJS), an open-source editorial management and publishing system. OJS provides a professional online presence and can be used to manage some or all of the stages of the journal publishing process: submissions, peer review, the editorial process, online publishing, and indexing. Articles are licensed for reuse using a Creative Commons license.