Discounts for LTU authors

Here is the current list of publishers with discounts or waivers of Article Processing Charges (APCs) available for La Trobe authors. Corresponding authors must use their La Trobe institutional email at submission for eligibility.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT CAUL READ & PUBLISH AGREEMENTS

Under the CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) open access publishing agreements listed below, La Trobe corresponding authors can avoid APCs for eligible journal articles.

Check each CAUL Publisher page for the list of included journals. The link to the list is under the 'Title List' heading on each publisher page. Some publishers list all journals, with notes regarding inclusion or not, and some list only journals with discounts or waivers. If a particular journal is not listed, the APC waiver is not available. If searching for a journal title that includes "and" please also try searching for "&".

Each CAUL Publisher page also has important information about types of articles covered, author rights and the submission process. Read these carefully as requirements vary between publishers.

List of publishers with APC discounts or waivers

PUBLISHER	DISC %	DISC $	CONDITIONS	NOTES
AIP Publishing	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
American Psychological Association New agreement commencing Jan 2024 to Dec 2024	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) New agreement commencing Jan 2024	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Biochemical Society Portland Press Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Biomed Central Membership	15% off APC cost	N/A	As an author you retain the copyright to your work. By licensing your work under the Creative Commons Attribution License, articles can be re-used and redistributed without restriction, as long as the original work is correctly cited.	All Biomed Central and SpringerOpen journals covered: https://www.biomedcentral.com/journals-a-z Institutional membership and submission information: https://www.biomedcentral.com/about/institutional-support/latrobe CC BY license
Brill Journals Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Cambridge University Press Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
The Company of Biologists Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
CSIRO Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
De Gruyter Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Elsevier	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
IGI global Transformative Open access Model	N/A	Full APC waiver	La Trobe has a credit fund available to the value of US$12,000 which covers the cost of 6 APCs (US$2,000 each). An author who has a paper accepted can take advantage of this credit if they choose to publish open access and have the full APC waived.	All IGI Global journals covered: https://www.igi-global.com/journals/ CC BY 4.0
IOP Publishing	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
IWA Publishing (International Water Association) New agreement commencing Jan 2024	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
MA Healthcare Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site The titles that are excluded are: British Journal of Healthcare Assistants Dental Nursing Independent Nurse International Paramedic Practice Journal of Aesthetic Nursing Journal of Wound Care Nursing and Residential Care Practice Nursing Practice Management
MDPI Institutional Open Access Program	10% off APC cost	N/A	La Trobe authors receive a 10% discount on APCs for all papers published in a MDPI journal.	All MDPI journals covered: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals CC BY
Microbiology Society Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Nature (SpringerNature) New agreement commencing Jan 2024 to Dec 2024	N/A	No APC charges until limit reached		Details on Nature agreement page
OPAL Open at La Trobe	N/A	None	Publications can be made available through the La Trobe University open repository. This is our institutional repository for all open access materials. It provides worldwide access to publications, these and research data. The version published through the repository is usually the post-print or author-accepted manuscript	Embargoes may apply. Details on OPAL Open at La Trobe site
Oxford University Press Journals Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Portland Press				See Biochemical Society Entry above
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)	N/A	Discounted open access fee of US$4,995	No discount on standard delayed (6 month) Open Access fee.	Journals included: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Details on PNAS site
Royal Society of Chemistry	15%	N/A	La Trobe authors receive a 15% discount on APCs for all papers published in a Royal Society of Chemistry Hybrid journal.	Hybrid Journals included: Analyst Analytical Methods Biomaterials Science Catalysis Science & Technology Chemical Communications Chemical Society Reviews CrystEngComm Dalton Transactions Energy & Environmental Science Environmental Science: Nano Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Faraday Discussions Food & Function Green Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Journal of Materials Chemistry A: Materials for energy and sustainability Journal of Materials Chemistry B: Materials for biology and medicine Journal of Materials Chemistry C: Materials for optical and electronic devices Lab on a Chip Materials Chemistry Frontiers Materials Horizons Molecular Omics Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Nanoscale Nanoscale Horizons Natural Product Reports New Journal of Chemistry Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Organic Chemistry Frontiers Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Polymer Chemistry Reaction Chemistry & Engineering RSC Medicinal Chemistry Soft Matter Sustainable Energy & Fuels https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/open-access/gold-open-access/ CC-BY-NC or CC BY
Royal Society	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
SAGE Publishing	N/A	No APC charges	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Springer Nature Journals Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Springer Open	15%	N/A		Journal list on Springer site.
Taylor & Francis	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site
Wiley Journals Read & Publish	N/A	No APC charges until limit is reached	Council of Australia University Librarians (CAUL) - agreement	Details on CAUL site