The Hesburgh Libraries has negotiated with selected publishers to secure article publication discounts for Notre Dame authors. Below you will find a list of publishers who offer discounts to Notre Dame Authors, and brief descriptions of their discounts.
Publishers who offer Notre Dame authors discounts:
This page will be updated as new options become available. For immediate questions, please contact hl-oa-publishing-list@nd.edu.
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame.
Science Advances
10% off the journal's article processing charge (APC), with an additional 4% discount available for AAAS members.
Science Advances uses RightsLink from the Copyright Clearance Center to process APC payments. Please see AAAS's Licensing and Charges page for more detail.
AAAS offers Creative Commons licenses CC BY or CC BY-NC. Authors retain copyright, but must sign a license granting AAAS exclusive rights to use and authorize use of their contribution.
Please see AAAS's Licensing and Charges page for more detail.
University of Notre subscriptions to AAAS journals, including Science.
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame.
All ACS journals included in the ACS AuthorsChoice program, except ACS Central Science, ACS Omega, or JACS Au.
$250 discount, with additional discounts for ACS members based on license chosen/selected availability after 12 months.
Upon acceptance of an article, the corresponding author receives an email with a link to RightsLink. The affiliation discount of $250 is automatically applied if the author's institution subscribes to the ACS Journals package. If the author is a current member of the America Chemical Society, they are eligible to receive an additional $500 discount. To redeem the membership discount, the author should enter their ACS Member ID into the appropriate field of the Apply Discounts section of the RightsLink platform. Instructions for completing the order can be found here.
For manuscripts published as open access, the default license is a CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons license. An author can publish under a CC-BY license by selecting that option during the open access ordering process. An additional charge of $1000 will apply if a CC-BY license is required. Additional information can be found here.
Authors will also be required to complete and sign a Journal Publishing Agreement, which will be included in the acceptance email.
University of Notre Dame's current subscription to ACS Journals Package.
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame
Any SpringerOpen or BMC journal
15% off the journal's article processing charge (APC)
You will be directed to instructions for obtaining the discount when you submit your work for publication. Please be aware that some article types, such as letters, are not eligible for the discount.
BMC offers CC-BY 4.0 Creative Commons licenses for articles published in any BMC or SpringerOpen journal. The author retains copyright and grants BMC a license to publish the article. For more information, see here.
University of Notre Dame membership with BMC
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame.
SPIE journals included in SPIE Digital Library.
25% off article processing charges (APCs) for SPIE journals. More information on this program can be found here.
The manuscript submission form includes a question about available discounts, and authors should choose the option for a discount associated with the university's institutional subscription to SPIE Digital Library. When the paper is accepted for publication, SPIE staff will send a link to the shopping cart with that specific discount applied.
SPIE offers CC-BY 4.0 Creative Commons licenses for articles published in Gold OA journals and for SPIE Author Choice (hybrid) journals. The author retains copyright and grants SPIE a non-exclusive license to publish the article. For more information, see here.
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame.
All MDPI journals. See here for current list.
10% off the journal's article processing charge (APC).
Authors will be responsible for payments directly through MDPI and will be asked to register with MDPI as part of the submission process. More detail can be found on the Instructions for Authors page.
Please note that according to the Business Terms and Conditions MDPI dated 3 October 1997, authors whose articles are accepted for publication agree to the APC amount and are bound to pay the APC per section 3.4 of the terms.
All articles in MDPI are published under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Authors retain copyright. No additional contract or license is required by an MDPI journal.
Please see MDPI's Copyrights and License page for more detail, or contact the editorial office of a specific journal via the e mail address listed on the journal web page.
University of Notre Dame is a member of MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program.
Corresponding authors from the University of Notre Dame.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
$500. More information on this program can be found here.
PNAS has partnered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) to process APC payments. Authors will be sent an email that includes a link to the CCC payment system. During the payment process, they can use the APPLY DISCOUNTS button, using the discount code provided by PNAS. For more information, authors can contact PNAS directly at PNASaubilling@nas.edu.
PNAS offers CC-BY-NC-ND or CC-BY Creative Commons licenses for authors whose funders or institutions require it. Authors retain copyright and grant a nonexclusive license to publish. See here for more information.
University of Notre Dame subscription to PNAS.