Authors submitting to a fully open access Elsevier journal should be prepared to pay the APC at acceptance in the unlikely event that the number of fully OA journal articles published exceeds the SCELC agreement limit in any given calendar year.
SCELC's Elsevier agreement now includes open access publishing benefits which can increase the impact of your research.
As a corresponding author of an article that is accepted for publication in any of ~2480 Elsevier journals, your institution’s subscription fee covers the open access article publication charge (APC, average value $3400). This benefit comes at no additional cost to your institution or library, so we encourage you to use it!
Open Publishing in:
Hybrid subscription journals (where open access is optional)
Fully open access journals (where open access is mandatory)
Shared benefits with ~40 other institutions through the agreement via the SCELC Consortium
What’s not: Open publishing in Lancet and Cell Press titles are not covered.
While the number of OA articles that can be published in hybrid journals is unlimited, there is limited funding for publishing in fully OA journals. The limit aligns with past publishing patterns across SCELC institutions and will not be exceeded unless there is an unexpected increase in fully open access journal publishing.
Authors submitting to a fully open access Elsevier journal should be prepared to pay the APC at acceptance in the unlikely event that the number of fully OA journal articles published exceeds the limit in any given calendar year.
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