Last Update: 2025/12/4
Last Update(On-campus only information): 2025/12/3

  • To make your article Open Access immediately, usually you have to pay the publication cost (Article Processing Charges; APC).
    Some publishers offer a discount on APC as a part of UTokyo institutional subscription. This page gives you the details about it.
  • Other publishers currently don’t offer a discount on APC for UTokyo institutional subscriptions.
    *To make articles published in non-supported journals OA, utilizing the institutional repository (Green OA) is another option. For more detail, please see here.

●List of Notices 

For other announcements, click here.

●Guide to each section

●APC (Article Processing Charges) Support, Exemptions, and Discounts

[About eligible persons and articles]

In principle, the following authors and articles are eligible for support. However, this may change in the future depending on the operational status during the trial period.

  • A researcher affiliated with the UTokyo and the corresponding author of the article in question
    • If you have retired or are ineligible for support at the time of the request, you will not be eligible for support.
    • Even if a researcher affiliated with UTokyo is listed as a co-author, the support will not be provided unless the corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
    • If there are multiple corresponding authors, support will be provided if the responsible corresponding author is affiliated with UTokyo.
  • Research results conducted at UTokyo
  • UTokyo must be listed in the article as the corresponding author's affiliation.

For other conditions, please refer to the explanations for each publisher.

The support for part-time lecturers / visiting researchers / emeritus professors / JSPS Research Fellowships

  • Part-time lecturers:
    If a part-time lecturer is also enrolled at UTokyo and is the corresponding author of an article based on research results conducted at UTokyo, and UTokyo is listed as an affiliated member in the article,  will be eligible for support.
  • Visiting researchers:
    As a general rule, those who are not employed by the university, such as visiting researchers, and whose main duties are at other institutions (such as institutions where they are employed) are not eligible for support.
  • Emeritus Professors:
    Emeritus professors will be eligible for support if they continue their research activities at this university, have no other primary institution (employed institution, etc.), and list UTokyo as affiliated in their article.
  • JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists:
    JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (excluding DCs and including Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers) will be employed as Project Researchers if they are newly accepted after FY2024 at the University.  Even if there is no employment relationship, in principle, if the researcher is dedicated to research at the University and meets other conditions, such as the University of Tokyo's Guidelines for the Acceptance of JSPS Research Fellowships and the balance of treatment about those employed as Project Researchers or DCs, he/she will be eligible for support.

Action to take in the case application has not been approved

If the University has no more available slots for publication, or if you are not considered eligible for OA publication support in light of the terms of your contract with the publisher, you will, in principle, have the following options:

  • For Hybrid OA journals:
    Authors will be asked to choose between publishing as an OA article by paying the Open Access fee themselves or publishing in a conventional form, accessible only to subscribing institutions, without OA.
  • For Full OA journals:
    Authors must pay the open access fee.

[Notes]

  • Only UTokyo affiliated persons (faculties, staff, and students) can apply for these discounts below.
  • About discount: The University Library does not bear the cost of the discounted APC. Please pay from your own research funds, etc., based on the invoice from the publisher.

  • 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, exemptions, 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.
  • Please let us know if you know of any discount conditions not listed on this page.
  • 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]

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

  1. In order to ensure enrollment smoothly, please take the following actions. If enrollment 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).
      E-mail address registration on '職員名簿' [PDF/Japanese]
    • 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]
  2. 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.

●Information on supported publications

[OA Support eligible journals list]

This is a list* of journals that enable authors to publish OA articles without incurring APCs through support.
→OA Support eligible journals list
*Login to your ECCS account is required.

  • The list summarizes the information as of the “Update” timestamp displayed in the upper right corner. We regularly review and update the information; however, there may be discrepancies from the current situation.
  • If there is any inconsistency between this list and the information published by the publisher, please prioritize the publisher’s official information.
  • Some titles may not have an ISSN listed or may only display an e-ISSN. If you cannot find a match using the ISSN, please search using the full title instead.
  • Since there may be journals with the same title, please make sure to check not only the “Journal Title” column but also the “Publisher” column.
  • This list is intended to help you check whether a journal is eligible for OA support. The specific conditions for support are designated by each publisher, so please confirm the actual support details via the links provided in the listed URLs.

[Support, Exemption, and Discount Conditions for Each Publisher]

Discount information other than APC related to article submission

[Support, Exemption, and Discount Conditions for Each Publisher (On-campus only)]

The following publisher support information is posted on a separate page as it includes information restricted to UTokyo members only. Please access from the campus network. You can access these pages via UTokyo VPN.

→APC (Article Processing Charges) Support, Exemptions, and Discounts (On-campus only information)

[Open Access Publication by Subscribe to Open (S2O)]

AAAS/Science

  • Target journal:
    “Science Advances” (Gold OA / launched Feb. 2015)
     
  • Discount rate:
    15%
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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
     
  • Discount rate:
    Varies depending on conditions: Open Access Prices on the ACS website
     
  • 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
     
  • Website:

Bioscientifica

  • Target journal:
    All titles (including full OA journals): 13 journals
     
  • Applicable period:
    (GMT)2025/1/1 - 2026/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2027/1/1 8:59
     
  • Support detail:
    APC full support
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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.
    Eligibility checker tool on the CUP website
     
  • Applicable period:
    Ongoing - 2026/12/31
     
  • Support detail:
    APC full support
     
  • 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
       
  • Website:

CSP Canadian Science Publishing [Available until the end of 2025]

OA support for CSP will conclude at the end of 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
     
  • Support detail:
    APC full support
     
  • 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.
       

  • 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 - 2026/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2027/1/1 8:59
     
  • Support details:
    • 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)
       
  • 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.
     

  • 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 - 2026/12/31
    (JST)2023/1/1 9:00 - 2027/1/1 8:59
     
  • Support detail:
    APC full support (2023-2026)
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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
     
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • 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’.
  • Website:
    "OPEN ACCESS AGREEMENTS" on the De Gruyter website

ICE Publishing

The discount service offered by ICE Publishing has ended in July 2025.

  • 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 - 2026/12/31
    (JST)2025/1/1 9:00 - 2027/1/1 8:59
     
  • Support detail:
    APC full support (2025-2026)
     
  • 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.
      • Articles that were submitted within the applicable period are eligible. Articles that were submitted in 2024 are not eligible.
         
  • 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.
       
  • Website:

MDPI Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

  • Target journal:
    All titles
     
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • 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.
     
  • 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”
     
  • Discount rate:
    See the following webpage: “Publication Charges” on the PNAS website
     
  • Target article type:
    Regular research articles (Immediate Open Access)
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription (site license) discount
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    unknown (please directly contact the publisher)
     
  • 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:

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)
       
  • Support detail:
    APC full support (2023-2026)
     
  • 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.
       
  • Website:

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）
       
  • Discount rate:
    100%
     
  • 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.
     
  • Website:

SPIE (The international society for optics and photonics)

  • Target journal:
    All titles
     
  • Discount rate:
    25%
     
  • 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
     
  • Website:

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 (S2O)" is established.
       Page charge occurs regardless of whether or not S2O is established.
     
  • Discount rate:
    10%
     
  • Conditions:
    Institutional subscription discount
    This applies when the first author is affiliated with the University.
     
  • How-to-Apply:
    unknown (please directly contact the publisher)
     
  • Notes:
    See the following webpage: Page charges on the Astronomy and Astrophysics website
     
  • Website:
    A&A Subscribe to Open FAQs on the Astronomy and Astrophysics website

[Open Access Publication by Subscribe to Open (S2O)]

Subscribe to Open（S2O）

"Subscribe to Open" (S2O) is a publishing model that allows journals to transition from a subscription-based model to OA on an annual basis. If a sufficient number of libraries subscribe to titles that adopt the S2O and the annual subscription revenue reaches a sufficient level, the volumes and issues published in that year will be made OA, allowing authors to publish their articles as OA without APCs. Library participation (i.e., subscription agreements) and the decision to make the volumes OA are repeated annually. If the number of participating libraries is insufficient, the S2O will not be implemented in that year.
For more details on S2O, please refer to UTokyo Open Science Portal (Japanese only).
Below is a summary of publishers with whom UTokyo has subscription agreements and who have been confirmed to adopt the S2O model. As the implementation status of S2O may vary each year and the benefits for subscribers may differ by publisher, please refer to the publishers' websites for the most up-to-date information (including S2O achievement status).

AIP Publishing

AIP Publishing's S2O program will conclude at the end of 2025.
However, articles submitted to the following two titles by the end of December 2025 will still be published as OA free of charge, even if they are accepted in 2026.
　Journal of Applied Physics
　Physics of Plasmas

American Physiological Society

  • Information on S2O
    https://journals.physiology.org/s2o-lookup#box
  • 2025 eligible titles
    7 titles including AJP Consolidated Package
    *Only titles in this package for which UTokyo has a contract are eligible for OA publication without APC.

American Society for Microbiology

  • Information on S2O and eligible titles
    https://journals.asm.org/s2o
    *Institutions with a subscription agreement can publish without APC, regardless of whether the S2O is approved or not.

Annual Reviews

De Gruyter Brill

European Mathematical Society（EMS Press）

Mathematical Sciences Publishers

Microbiology Society

  • Eligible titles
    Journal of General Virology (Hybrid OA journal)
    *Discounts can be applied to other titles by entering the promotion code

Optica

Sage

Societe Mathematique de France

Taylor & Francis

 

●Contact / Supplement / Reference Materials

Contact Us

Before contacting us, please check the following page.

  • Q&A on Open Access Publication Support
    • This page includes machine translation. If any differences in wording or interpretation should occur between Japanese and English, the Japanese part will take precedence.

Please use the form below to send us your questions or comments.
*You must be logged in with your UTokyo account to access the form.

Supplement

  • UTokyo does not have contracts with the following publishers/journals for OA publication support.
    • Frontiers Media
    • PLOS
    • Sage Publishing
    • Walters Kluwer / LWW
    • BioMed Central Journals
    • Nature Journals
  • 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.

Reference materials

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