Support for submitting open access papers
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 March 2025)
| Name of publisher | Eligible journal | Description | Eligible submissions | How to apply |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) | All | Free of APCScope: All papers accepted from 2023 through 2025 | Submissions that meet all the following requirements:
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Identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author
For details, see the following links. |
| American Physiological Society *From 2025 |
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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): |
| ASM (American Society for Microbiology) *From 2025 |
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Free of APC Page Charges are required separately. Scope: All papers accepted in 2025 |
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): |
| Company of Biologists *From 2025 |
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Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025 |
The corresponding author belongs to HU. | The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author.
See also the link below: |
| De Gruyter *From 2025 |
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10% discount off APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025 |
The corresponding author belongs to HU. | The identification is made based on the e-mail address of the author.
See also the link below: |
| MSP (Mathematical Sciences Publishers) *From 2025 |
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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 |
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Free of APC Scope: All papers accepted in 2025 |
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): |
| 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 2025 |
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. |
（Last updated：3/12/2025）
Open access in HUSCAP
Why not make your work open access in HUSCAP*?
If you are an author of an open access paper in RSC or Springer, you can publish its PDF files created by the publisher in HUSCAP as well, thanks to the Creative Commons license.
Even if you did not select the open access option at the time of submission, the scholarly journals of major publishers and academic societies, including Elsevier and Springer, allow you to publish your articles on university websites like HUSCAP.
HU Library checks the copyright status of your articles for you regarding open access. Send the list of journals carrying your articles, their manuscript files, and other information to repo [at] lib.hokudai.ac.jp (HUSCAP Team, HU Library).
HUSCAP https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp
Why not publish your article, research data online? https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/staff/index.jsp?&lang=en&locale=en
* The Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (HUSCAP) takes meticulous care in storing HU researchers’ studies, conference proceedings, and any other kinds of library materials. It also enhances their visibility by making them available online.