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 January 2026)

Name of publisher	Eligible journals	Description	Eligible submissions	How to apply
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 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	List of eligible journals (Excel) (as of January 2026)	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)
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.