Support for submitting open access papers

Information on discounts on article processing charges (APCs)

Members (faculty and students) of Hokkaido University (HU) who submit open access papers to journals to which HU is subscribed are eligible for the APC discount program.
Authors who are members of academic societies that issue such journals may also be eligible. Check the submission rules of the journal to which you are submitting a paper.

A list of publishers for which discounts on APCs are available (as of December 2025)

Name of publisher	Eligible journal	Description	Eligible submissions	How to apply
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)	All	Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2023-2025	Submissions that meet all the following requirements: The corresponding author belongs to HU and makes submission with his or her primary affiliation as HU. The e-mail address domain used for the submission includes “hokudai.ac.jp.”	Identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author For details, see the following links. ・ACM OPEN ・ACM OPEN User Guides(in Japanese) ・ACM OPEN Workflow(in English)
American Physiological Society	American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology Journal of Applied Physiology Journal of Neurophysiology	Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	The identification is made based on the ROR ID of the author. (HU’s RORID: 02e16g702) See also the following website(s): ・Website
ASM (American Society for Microbiology)	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Applied and Environmental Microbiology Infection and Immunity Journal of Bacteriology Journal of Clinical Microbiology Journal of Virology	Free of APC Page Charges are required separately. Scope: All papers published in the 2025-2026 volumes	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	At the time of registration, make it clear that you belong to HU. See also the following website(s): ・FAQ ・Submitting Your Manuscript
The Company of Biologists	Development Journal of Cell Science Journal of Experimental Biology Disease Models & Mechanisms Gold OA journals Biology Open Gold OA journals	Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025-2026	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author. See also the link below: ・User guides(in Japanese）・Website
De Gruyter	Byzantinische Zeitschrift Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie Historische Zeitschrift Juristische Rundschau Kant-Studien : philosophische Zeitschrift Klio : Beitrage zur Alten Geschichte Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Vierteljahrshefte fur Zeitgeschichte (with Bibliographie zur Zeitgeschichte) Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaft Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik	10% discount off APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025-2027	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author. See also the link below: ・Gruyter OA manual for authors (in Japanese)
MSP (Mathematical Sciences Publishers)	Geometry & Topology Algebraic & Geometric Topology Algebra & Number Theory Analysis & PDE Pacific Journal of Mathematics	Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025	All papers submitted to the eligible journals	See also the link below: ・Subscribe to Open
Microbiology Society	Journal of General Virology	Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025-2026	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author. See also the following website(s): ・Subscribe to Open
Royal Society of Chemistry	Hybrid OA journals	Free of APC for Hybrid OA journals. There is an upper limit to the number of applications. Scope: Papers accepted in 2026	The corresponding author belongs to HU.	The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author. For details, see the following link. -On RSC’s APC-free vouchers (in Japanese) (This page is accessible only from within the campus.)

Open Access via HUSCAP

Researchers affiliated with Hokkaido University can comply with open access mandates
by depositing their scholarly articles and underlying data in HUSCAP.

Articles can be made publicly available in HUSCAP after any applicable embargo period,
depending on the publisher's copyright policies.

The library will assist in checking the publisher's copyright policies
regarding open access.