Many scientific publishers charge an APC-charge (Article Processing Charge) for open access publishing. Charges range from a few tens of euros to thousands of euros. There are also Open Access journals that do not charge a writer fee.
The primary goal is to find a high-quality open access journal for the article that does not charge author fees, or a free publishing channel that allows at least the peer-reviewed manuscript version of the article to be self-archived without an embargo. The terms and conditions for self-archiving publishers can be checked at Sherpa/Romeo.
In open access publishing, it is recommended to take advantage of FinELib licence agreements for scholarly journals include open access benefits. They enable the corresponding authors to publish their articles openly, either free of article processing charges or with a discounted price.
Under the FinELib consortium’s agreement with Elsevier, corresponding authors can publish their articles open access during 1.1.2024–31.12.2025
There is a limited number of free open access articles available. Articles will be published under CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND license. FinELib recommends that you choose CC BY which is required by many funders.
FinELib consortium’s agreement with Emerald offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles under the CC BY license with a free open access voucher (no article processing charge for the author).
The vouchers can be used during the agreement term 1.1.2024–31.12.2024.
There were 150 free vouchers for 2024.
Sherpa/RoMEO service contains basic information on the rights of publishers and journals to self-archiving. The service will determine for example if an article published in an international scientific journal can be self-archived and under what conditions it can be done.
Sherpa/Juliet service includes research funders' practices on open access publishing and self-archiving conditions.
