Last Update: 2025/3/14
Last Update(On-campus only information): 2025/3/4

APC (Article Processing Charges) Support, Waivers, and Discounts

 - Advantageous conditions for publishing in Open Access with several publishers

[Overview]

[Notes]

  • Only UTokyo affiliated persons (faculties, staff, and students) can apply for these discounts below.
  • Other publishers currently don’t offer a discount on APC for UTokyo institutional subscriptions.
  • From 2023 to 2025, the publication slots in the transformative agreements are available without the author having to pay APCs for the journals of the publishers that have contracted transformative agreements with UTokyo, as a trial period. The proportion of the University's share of the APC after the trial period (after 2026) has not yet been determined.

  • Articles accepted within the ‘Applicable period’ are eligible (if the applicable period is stated). In addition, approval of OA publishing support by the library (if necessary) must be completed within the applicable period.

  • In the case of support, waivers, and discounts that require approval, unless otherwise stated, the decision to apply the support, exemption, or discount is based on the information of only one corresponding author who has completed the procedure.
  • If you have any questions about the procedure to apply for discount services, please directly contact each publisher.
  • In case you want to make an agreement on APC discount service with publishers at your Graduate School, Department, etc., please let us know. E-journal subscriptions at the entire university may affect the conditions.
  • [Important] Recommended Mail addresses for Submissions
  • Contact Us

Publishers

Discounts and vouchers for APCs are available with these publishers below.

Discount information other than APC related to article submission

AAAS/Science

  • Target journal:
    “Science Advances” (Gold OA / launched Feb. 2015)
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount (AAAS membership discount is also available)
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    Enter “University of Tokyo” in the item ”Affiliation discount” of the application form, click ”Search” and select the name of the university.
     
  • Discount rate:
    15%
     
  • Notes:
    Other AAAS[American Association for the Advancement of Science] journals (“Science”, “Science Signaling”, “Science Translational Medicine”）are excluded from this discount.
     
  • Website:

ACS American Chemical Society

  • Target journal:
    All Hybrid OA journals
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount / Membership & Institutional subscription discount
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    See the following webpage: Publish Open Access With Grant Funds on the ACS website
     
  • Discount rate:
    Varies depending on conditions: Open Access Prices on the ACS website
     
  • Website:

Bioscientifica

  • Target journal:
    All titles (including full OA journals): 13 journals
     
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2025/1/1 - 2025/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2026/1/1 8:59
     
  • Conditions:

    Support under the Read & Publish model contract

    • This applies when both of the following conditions are met.

      • The corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
      • The email address at the time of submission is a UTokyo domain.
         
  • How-to-Apply:
    If the corresponding author's email address is in the University of Tokyo domain, Bioscientifica will determine that he or she is affiliated with the University of Tokyo, and the corresponding author will be informed of OA publication support. Registered domains are here: Registered publisher domains (You will need to log in with your UTokyo Account to view this page. If you would like to add or remove a domain, please contact us via Contact Us.
     
  • Support rate:
    100%(2025)
     
  • Website:

CUP Cambridge University Press

  • Target journal:
    Please check the following website for the journals covered by this agreement, as it will be updated from time to time.
    OA Waiver & Discount checker tool on the CUP website
     
  • Applicable period:
    Ongoing - 2025/12/31
     
  • Target article type:
    eligible article types on the CUP website
    • Research Article
    • Review Article
    • Rapid Communication
    • Brief Report
    • Case Report
       
  • Conditions:
    The corresponding author can receive an Institutional R&P contract discount.
    • Corresponding Author Definition on the CUP website
    • Click here for the email address used for submissions.
    • Check your e-mail address domain registered in the submission system.
    • Within the applicable period, your article must be accepted and your APC funding request must be approved by the library.
       
  • How-to-Apply:
    After the decision of accepting, if you select to publish OA at your author publishing agreement process, an APC waiver request will be sent to the library and a full APC waiver will be applied after request approval.
    • Guide for Authors [PDF]
    • How to convert your article to Open Access after publication as a regular article
      (For articles published in 2024, you can make your article Open Access at the University's expense by submitting a request using the web form on the following website by the end of March 2025.)
      Convert your article to Open Access on the CUP website
       
  • Support rate:
    100%（2023-2025）
     
  • Website:

CSP Canadian Science Publishing [Available from 2025]

  • Target journal:
    19 hybrid OA journals (excluding the 3 fully OA journals)
     
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2025/1/1 - 2025/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2026/1/1 8:59
     
  • Conditions:

    Support under the Read & Publish model contract

    • This applies when both of the following conditions are met.

      • The corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
      • The email address used when submitting the article must end in a domain ending in ‘u-tokyo.ac.jp’ and the affiliation must be selected as the University of Tokyo.
      • Articles that were submitted and accepted within the applicable period are eligible.
         
  • How-to-Apply:

    This will be applied automatically if the corresponding author's affiliation is listed as the University of Tokyo in the article. The details are as follows.

    • The submitting author designates the corresponding author when submitting the article, and provides the corresponding author's institutional email address (domain ending in u-tokyo.ac.jp).

    • Using this information, the article submission system in CSP displays a list of candidate institutions from the Ringgold (institutional information database) data, and the submitting author selects the University of Tokyo as the corresponding author's affiliation.

    • CSP checks the Ringgold ID of the institution selected as the corresponding author's affiliation, determines whether it is an R&P model contract institution, and automatically applies OA publishing.
       

  • Support rate:
    100%(2025)
     
  • Website:

CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory [Available from 2025]

  • Target journal:
    The following 4 titles (all hybrid OA journals)
    • Genes & Development
    • Genome Research
    • Learning & Memory
    • RNA
       
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2025/1/1 - 2025/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2026/1/1 8:59
     
  • Target article type:
    Fully peer-reviewed research, review, and case-study articles
    （Editorials, comments, protocols, methods, and similar materials are not included.）
     
  • Conditions:
    This applies when both of the following conditions are met.
    • The corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
    • The email address used when submitting the article must end in a domain ending in ‘u-tokyo.ac.jp’.
       
  • How-to-Apply:

    If the corresponding author's email address ends in the domain 'u-tokyo.ac.jp', the corresponding author will be judged to be affiliated with the University of Tokyo and will be able to select OA publishing. This will be applied automatically when the corresponding author applies for OA publishing.

    If you have any questions about the application method, please contact the person in charge at CSHL.
     

  • Support rate:
    • APC (page charge required regardless of OA) as defined by CSHL: 100% (Exempted)
    • OA Fee (what other companies call APC): Discounted (As of January 2025: $3,700->$2,035)
       
  • Website:

Company of Biologists

  • Target journal:
    Three journals
    • Development (Hybrid OA)
    • Journal of Cell Science (Hybrid OA)
    • Journal of Experimental Biology (Hybrid OA)
       
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2023/1/1 - 2025/12/31
    (JST)2023/1/1 9:00 - 2026/1/1 8:59
     
  • Conditions:
    The corresponding author can receive an Institutional R&P contract discount.
    • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Tokyo.
    • Click here for the email address used for submissions.
    • Within the applicable period, your article must be accepted and your APC funding request must be approved by the library.
       
  • How-to-Apply:
    After the decision of accepting, you send APC funding request on payment system. After being approved the request, you do not need to pay any APC.
     
  • Support rate:
    100%（2023-2025）
     
  • Website:
    Guide for authors on the COB website

De Gruyter

  • Target journal:
    Hybrid or Full OA journals within Complete Package (Target journal list [EXCEL] *2025/1/8 revised)
     
  • Applicable period:
    2025/1/1 - 2027/12/31
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount
    • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Tokyo.
    • The article must be accepted within the applicable period.
       
  • How-to-Apply:
    If the Corresponding author's affiliation is the University of Tokyo, the discount will be automatically applied.
    The email address used when submitting the article must end in a domain ending in ‘u-tokyo.ac.jp’.
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • Website:
    "OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENTS" on the De Gruyter website

Elsevier

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)

ICE Publishing

  • Target journal:
    All titles
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    unknown (please directly contact the publisher)
     
  • Discount rate:
    15%
     
  • Website:
    Open access at ICE Publishing on the ICE Publishing website

John Benjamins [Available from 2025]

  • Target journal:
    All titles (including full OA journals)
     
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2025/1/1 - 2025/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2026/1/1 8:59
     
  • Conditions:

    Support under the Read & Publish model contract

    • This applies when both of the following conditions are met.

      • The corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
         
  • How-to-Apply:
    • If you select ‘The University of Tokyo’ or ‘Tōkyō Daigaku’ as the corresponding author's affiliation, you will be sent information about OA publishing support. This will be applied automatically if you apply for OA publishing.
    • Please be careful to make appropriate applications, as OA publishing may be cancelled if it is not eligible for support as a result of discussions between John Benjamins and the UTokyo.
       
  • Support rate:
    100%(2025)
     
  • Website:

Karger

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)

MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

  • Target journal:
    All titles
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional Open Access membership Program discount (Valid to submission after Feb. 8, 2018)
  • How-to-Apply:
    Select “University of Tokyo” from the institution list on the submission form.
     
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • Notes:
    • APCs are to be paid by the authors (non-central invoicing).
    • Discounts are also available on open access book publication fees (10%) and English editing fees (15%).
       
  • Website:

Microbiology Society

National Academy of Sciences / PNAS

  • Target journal:
    “PNAS; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America”
     
  • Target article type:
    Regular research articles (Immediate Open Access)
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription (site license) discount
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    unknown (please directly contact the publisher)
     
  • Discounted rate:
    See the following webpage: “Publication Charges” on the PNAS website
     
  • Notes:
    • All PNAS articles, regardless of their license, are free within six months of publication.
    • There is no discount for Regular research articles (Delayed open access) or Brief Report articles.
       
  • Website:

OUP Oxford University Press

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)
    *The APC subscription term discount to "Nucleic Acids Research" (Gold OA) has ended on December 31, 2022.

Portland Press (Biochemical Society)

  • Target journal：
    Seven journals
    • Biochemical Journal (Hybrid OA)
    • Biochemical Society Transactions (Hybrid OA)
    • Clinical Science (Hybrid OA)
    • Essays in Biochemistry (Hybrid OA)
    • Emerging Topics in Life Sciences (Hybrid OA)
    • Bioscience Reports (Full OA)
    • Neuronal Signaling (Full OA)
       
  • Conditions:
    The corresponding author can receive an Institutional R&P contract discount.
    • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Tokyo.
       
  • How-to-Apply:
    R&P workflow on the Portland Press website
    • Click here for the email address used for submissions.
    • For Full OA journal: After the decision to accept, you will be informed that APC will be covered for Open Access.
    • For Hybrid OA journal: After the decision to accept, you will receive an e-mail from the publisher confirming if you wish to publish in Open Access. You do not need to pay any APC if you choose to publish in Open Access.
       
  • Support rate:
    100%（2023-2025）
     
  • Website:

RSC Royal Society of Chemistry

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)

SCOAP3

  • Target journal:
    Eleven journals
    • Physical Review C （APS）
    • Physical Review D （APS）
    • Physical Review Letters （APS）
    • Nuclear Physics B （Elsevier）
    • Physics Letters B （Elsevier）
    • Advances in High Energy Physics （Hindawi）
    • Chinese Physics C （IOP Publishing/Chinese Physical Society）
    • Acta Physica Polonica B （Jagiellonian University）
    • Progress of Theoretical & Experimental Physics （OUP/Physical Society of Japan）
    • European Physical Journal C （SpringerNature）
    • Journal of High Energy Physics （SpringerNature）
       
  • Conditions:
    Under the SCOAP3 project, peer-reviewed articles in the field of HEP published in the above-mentioned eligible journals will be made available as open access articles on the publisher platform and the SCOAP3 repository.
     
  • Discount rate:
    100%
     
  • Website:

SPIE (The international society for optics and photonics)

  • Target journal:
    All titles
     
  • Conditions:
    The author can receive an Institutional subscription discount.
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    Select & enter "The University of Tokyo" on the submission form.
    Reference: SPIE Journal Submission Guide
     
  • Discount rate:
    25%
     
  • Website:

Springer

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)

Wiley

  • Please click here for details. (Internal access only)

Discount information other than APC related to article submission
 

EDP Sciences (European Southern Observatory)

  • Subject:
    Page charge of Astronomy and Astrophysics（eISSN: 1432-0746）
    * Astronomy and Astrophysics APC is free as long as "Subscribe to Open" is established.
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount
    This applies when the first author is affiliated with the University.
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    unknown (please directly contact the publisher)
     
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • Notes:
    Authors working in countries that do not sponsor A&A pay page charges at the rate of 100 euros per page (excluding appendices).
     
  • Website:
    A&A Subscribe to Open FAQs on the Astronomy and Astrophysics website

[Important] Recommended Mail addresses for Submissions

  • To ensure the prompt approval of your OA publication application, we appreciate your cooperation below.
     

    • In order to ensure enrolment smoothly, please take the following actions. If enrolment cannot be confirmed, approval may be delayed or may not be possible.

      • From 'パーソナルメニュー'(Personnel menu) in '職員名簿'/'人事情報システム' (Personnel directory), register the email address to be used for submissions as the '学内メールアドレス' (campus email address).

      • Register the e-mail address you used for the submission into MyOPAC User Information. (If you have not yet registered as a library user, or if you need to renew your registration, please complete the procedure at the library of your department.)
        Email address registration on MyOPAC [PDF/Japanese]
         
    • When submitting articles, it is recommended to use the email address ECCS Cloudmail ( @g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp) or staff email ( @mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
      *Some publishers use the domain of the email address to determine who belongs to the University, and email addresses other than those listed above (including department-issued "u-tokyo.ac.jp" domain email addresses) may not be eligible for support.
       

Supplement , Reference materials

Supplement

  • PLOS and Frontiers Media discount service on APC is not available at UTokyo.
  • Regardless of subscriptions or agreements by our institution, a society publisher sometimes offers a membership discount for its members. Details should be confirmed in the submission policy.

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