Article Processing Charges (APCs)

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AAAS Selects Copyright Clearance Center to Handle Article Processing Charges For Its First Online, Fully Open Access Journal

Press Release | Copyright Clearance Center, Inc, American Association for the Advancement of Science | December 4, 2014

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, has chosen the RightsLink for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, to handle Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Science Advances...

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Copyright Clearance Center Announces Findings From Open Access Roundtable Discussion With UK Institutions and Publishers

Press Release | Copyright Clearance Center | January 14, 2015

Independent Report Finds a Shared Desire to Simplify and Standardize Payment and Tracking of Article Processing Charges Read More »

UK's OA Policy Influences Research Assessment

Neil Jacobs | Research Information | August 11, 2014

The UK’s system for assessing research and allocating money has added new open-access requirements. Neil Jacobs looks at what this means for researchers in the UK and elsewhere...

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University of California Press Expands into Open Access with Innovative Journal and Monograph Programs

Press Release | Collabra, Luminos, UC Press | January 20, 2015

UC Press today announces Collabra and Luminos, two new open access programs for journal and monograph publishing.... Instead of retaining all funds generated from author article processing charges (APCs), UC Press directly compensates reviewers and editors for their work on the journal; reviewers and editors can then opt to pass these earnings on to an APC waiver fund that benefits other authors or to their institution’s open access fund.... At launch, Collabra will focus on three broad disciplinary areas: life and biomedical sciences, ecology and environmental science, and social and behavioral sciences.

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Wiley And Jisc Announce New Open Access Agreement

Press Release | Jisc, Wiley | December 17, 2014

The agreement follows discussions, between Jisc, Wiley and the UK library community, and will enable greater support for universities during the transition to open access.  Running from January 2015 to December 2017, the agreement provides credits for article processing charges (APCs) to universities that license Wiley journal content under the terms of the Jisc journal agreement...

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