Open Access (OA) & Scholarly Publishing

The Publications Division of the ACS shall provide to its members and the worldwide scientific community a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of high-quality information products and services that advance the practice of the chemical and related sciences and shall generate, in the aggregate, an annual net contribution from operations to support the Society's overall mission of advancing the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.

Discounted Publishing Model

Authors currently with a TMC Library academic institution are eligible to receive a $250 ACS affiliation discount. The affiliation discount will be automatically applied to the order, if applicable. To redeem the membership discount, the American Chemical Society (ACS) Member ID -- 30031719 -- will need to be entered into the appropriate field on the "Apply Discounts" screen during the ordering process. Please note, an additional charge of $1,000 will apply if a CC-BY license is required.

Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. Founded in 1932, Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 51 scientific disciplines.

Subscribe to Open (S2O) Publishing Model

Funded publishing for Open Access under a CC BY License. As long as an AR journal is successfully funded under S2O, the author's articles will be published OA under CC BY license upon that journal's official date of publication. Authors are also informed of this process upon submission of their article for review. The TMC Library has a current subscription with AR under this model.

These are case reports that focus on the causes of ill health, the social determinants of health and access to healthcare services, prevailing local and national issues that affect health and well being, and the challenges in providing care to vulnerable populations or with limited resources.

Open Access Publishing Model

TMC Library subscription provides a fellowship benefit that allows affiliated authors to publish in BMJ Case Reports at no cost, once the author submission is approved by BMJ editorial team.

Use Fellowship Code: 200870

Helpful Resources

BMJ Case Reports User Guide

How to Write a Case Report

Elsevier and Texas Library Coalition for United Action (TLCUA) have established an agreement to support authors who wish to publish open access.The cost of publishing open access is reduced under the terms of this agreement.  Eligible corresponding authors receive a discount on the article publishing charge (APC).

Discounted Publishing Model

Overview of the TLCUA-Elsevier agreement:

• 10% discount on APC for Hybrid OA journals
• 15% discount on APC for Gold OA journals

Eligibility:

• Must have a corresponding author affiliated with Texas Medical Center Library.
• Must be an eligible article type in a participating journal: case reports; data in briefs; full-length articles; micro-articles; original software publication; practice guidelines; protocols; review articles; replication studies; short communications; short surveys; video articles.
• Must be accepted after July 1, 2022.

How to use this agreement:

• Submit an article in Elsevier journal covered by agreement.
• Once the journal accepts your article, you (the corresponding author) will receive an email containing a link to the “post acceptance author journey” with a unique link to complete the author journey.
• To choose publishing options click on the ‘Complete the Rights and Access information form’.
• Select affiliation. Note: Institution listed under "The TMC Library."
• Add co-author details (for all co-authors).
• Add Funder Details, if applicable. Funder can be the affiliated institute or a different one.
• Based on the corresponding author affiliation details, the author sees the Publishing Options. If the librarian rejects the author request in the Elsevier Platform, we make it clear that the author will receive a full price invoice but will also be presented with the option to change to subscription.
• Select user license type (CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and status.
• Review and agree to terms of License Agreement.

• Review order and submit.

Approval: Once the author clicks on order and pay:

• Corresponding author and coauthors will receive a copy of summary via email.
• Article becomes OA on ScienceDirect within 24 hours.
• Librarian will confirm affiliation and validate (approve) request. Once approved, the author will receive the discounted invoice.

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.

Discounted Publishing Model

• Delayed Open Access: $2750 CCBY-NC-ND
• Immediate Open Access: $5300 for corresponding authors from institutions with current-year site licenses (compared to our $5,800 regular fee)
• Brief Report Articles: $2425

Helpful Resources

For more information, visit PNAS Publication Fees and Charges

For over a decade, Sage has played an active role in Open Access, seeking to build bridges to knowledge in the research community. From extensive author services to our flexible OA publishing routes, Sage is here to empower researchers, librarians, and readers. In an ever-changing landscape, we strive to offer sustainable open research, which is accessible to all.

Hybrid Publishing Model

Benefits:

• The author may choose from 180+ Gold OA journals, or opt to publish their article open access within any of SAGE's 900+ Hybrid subscription journals at no extra cost (The latter option, "SAGE Choice," allows the author a wider choice of journals while still adhering to possible open access mandates from their research funder.)
• The author retains copyright control of their work. SAGE will publish your article under a CC BY-NC license, which allows others to reuse the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced and the use is non-commercial. Authors whose funder requires publication under a CC-BY license (okay for commercial reuse) may do so.
• For authors who choose a hybrid journal (SAGE Choice): SAGE will post to PubMed Central (PMC) or its international equivalents, such as Europe PMC or PMCI, on behalf of authors whose research funder requires it.

To be eligible, articles must:

• Have a corresponding author affiliated with The Texas Medical Center Library.
• Be original research.
• Have manuscript accepted for publication.
• Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2023.

Eligible journals:

• Gold Open Access Journals (fully open) - Visit the SAGE Journal Packages webpage and click "Gold OA Package" for the current list.
• Hybrid Open Access Journals (author opts to publish their article open access within journals that require subscriptions) - This option, "SAGE Choice," quadruples your choice of journals to publish in, while still enabling open access publishing at no cost through the TMC Library's agreement, and 2) compliance with your funder, if they require open access to your paper. Visit the SAGE Journal Packages webpage and click "Premier" under "Browse by Package" for the current list of eligible journals.

"Where do I begin?"

• Follow the usual manuscript submission process. Within a few days of your submission being accepted and passing the peer review process, the corresponding TMC Library author will receive an email from openaccess@sagepub.com with a subject line of ‘Choose the publication route for your article 10.XXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX’. To request open access for your article, you must respond to this email.