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Open Access: Publishing Open Access

An Overview of Our Changing System of Scholarly Communication

Publisher Agreements

The library has negotiated several open access agreements with publishers. 

  • AAAS – Author members of the American Association of Advancement of Science – 15% discount off APC
  • PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -   $1300 (regular Fee -$1700) for members of the NAS
  • Company of Biologists – No APC
  • Annual Reviews- No APC
  • Elsevier- 10% discount on APC including Gold OA journals
  • Cambridge University Press- No APC
  • Rockefeller University Press- No APC
  • The Royal Society - 25% discount off APC
  • Select ASM journals - No APC; discounted page charge and supplemental material fee:
    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC)
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology (AEM)
    • Infection and Immunity (IAI)
    • Journal of Bacteriology (JB)
    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology (JCM)
    • Journal of Virology (JVI)

Please contact us if you are considering publishing OA for more information about how we can support you. 

How You Can Help

There are many ways that individuals can support open access:

Fair Use

Fair Use (from U.S. Copyright Office)

University of Michigan (pdf download link): A Graduate Student's Guide to Copyright: Open Access, Fair Use, and Permissions

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