Article processing charges (APC-charges)

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 an author fee.

1. Use open access publication channel without APC fees: The primary goal is to find a high-quality open access publishing channel for the article that does not charge APC fees or at least allows self archiving of the peer-reviewed manuscript version without an embargo, i.e., a publication delay. The publishers' self archiving conditions can be checked in the Open Policy Finder.
2. Project funding: If you are publishing as part of a project, use project funding to cover the article processing charge (APC) whenever possible.
3. FinELib Agreements: Take advantage of the APC benefits available through FinELib’s journal agreements, which enable publishing free of charge or with a discounted author fee (see the right-hand column for details on publishing open access in Elsevier’s SD Freedom and Emerald’s Premier journals).
4. Oamk's funding: Make use of Oamk’s funding for APC charges.

Funding for APC fees in Oamk

Terms and conditions

• The APC funding application must be submitted well in advance, and the decision to cover the fee must be confirmed before the manuscript is submitted to the journal.
• The article must be a peer-reviewed original research or review article based on primary data, published in a journal or edited volume (publication types A1, A2 tai A3).
  • APC funding does not cover printing-related costs, such as additional charges for color printing.
• The funding recipient must be the corresponding author and have an active affiliation with Oamk at the time of manuscript submission.
  • Authors with dual affiliations (e.g., doctoral students) should first seek APC funding from their university if the article is part of their dissertation.
  • The affiliation listed with the author’s name must reflect the organization that enabled the publication. Multiple affiliations may be listed.
• The journal must be Open Access or hybrid and meet quality standards, such as:
  • JUFO levels 1−3
  • included in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • SNIP ≥ 1.0.
• The article must be published under a Creative Commons license.
• he APC amount must be reported in euros in the Justus service under the “Publication fee” field when entering publication data.
• The author is responsible for providing correct invoicing details to the publisher.​​​​​​​

How to apply