Penny Lochner
Collections Strategies Librarian
pennylochner@muhlenberg.edu
Kelly Cannon
Scholarly Communication Librarian
kellycannon@muhlenberg.edu
Trexler Library has agreements with the following publishers to cover the article processing charge (APC) for most or all of each publisher's journals. Coverage is available for Muhlenberg corresponding authors and no additional co-author fees will be issued. Be sure to check publisher details below to determine which journals are covered. Contact Penny Lochner or your librarian liaison with any questions.
If your article is accepted for publication during 2023-2025 and you are the corresponding author, the article publication charge will be covered. Additional authors for the article do not pay any fees. Muhlenberg's ACS agreement covers APC's for all journals whether fully Open Access or Hybrid. The corresponding author does not need to be the primary author. Please confirm with the co-authors and reach out to rachelhamelers@muhlenberg.edu or pennylochner@muhlenberg.edu. The current agreement applies to articles accepted Jan. 2023 through Dec. 2025.
If an article is accepted for publication in an Elsevier Hybrid journal 2025-2027, the article publication fee will be covered for a Muhlenberg College corresponding author. Additional authors/co-authors do not pay any fees. Muhlenberg's agreement with Elsevier applies to articles accepted for publication Jan. 2025 through Dec. 2027.
For an article accepted 2024-2027, the article publication charge will be covered for Muhlenberg corresponding authors to publish the article Open Access in Hybrid journals under these imprints: Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Adis, and Springer Nature Academic (not Nature Portfolio). The current agreement applies to articles accepted for publication Jan. 2024 through Dec. 2027. Check the list linked below for eligible journals.
Muhlenberg faculty authors may apply for a Daniel J. and Carol Shiner Wilson Grant to assist with the completion of a significant work of scholarly activity that may include, for example, charges for publication.
Opportunities exist to publish open access in a journal or book without the burden of paying an article or book chapter processing charge (APC or BPC). Publishers in collaboration with consortia, libraries, and other agencies have been experimenting with a variety of alternative funding models. Check the following resources to help you locate fee-free journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals - DOAJ includes a filter to limit your search to "journals without fees". DOAJ does not include all OA journals that are fee-free.
Subscribe to Open Journals (S2O) - this list includes OA journals funded under the S2O model. Journals on this list are not in DOAJ.
Trexler Library supports a variety of Open Access publishing initiatives and considers new models as they arise. Below are models supported under the library budget and the programs or publishers supported do not charge author fees.