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NTU APC Support

In addition to enabling authors to make their publications open access through the institutional open access repository DR-NTU (green open access), the Library is partnering with the following list of publishers to support NTU-affiliated corresponding authors to publish open access journal articles without incurring any APC (article processing charge).

AGREEMENTS FOR 2024

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ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM)

 

 

Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

List of Eligible Publications

The agreement does not cover ACM books.

View list of article types that are both APC-eligible and not eligible

Default choice is to grant ACM the non-exclusive permission to publish and use a CC-BY license; however, the author may choose to grant ACM an exclusive license to publish.

If granting ACM the non-exclusive permission to publish, the author may choose other CC licenses including:

CC BY-SA
CC BY-NC
CC BY-NC-SA
CC BY-ND; and
CC BY-NC-ND.

Self-service and unmediated

Step-by-step Guide for Authors

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS) Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

List of Eligible Journals:
(i)  ACS Omega – APC waiver vouchers available for NTU-affiliated corresponding authors. Please refer to the author workflow.

(ii)  Precision Chemistry
(iii) Chemical & Biomedical Imaging
(iv) Environment & Health 
(v) Chem & Bio Engineering 
(vi) Artificial Photosynthesis 
Please check the ACS website section on “Other fully open access journals” for more details.

(vii) NTU-affiliated corresponding authors are eligible for a discount of US$250 on listed prices for open access publishing in hybrid/transformative journals. Please check the ACS website section on “Subscriber discounts” for the latest information.

CC-BY
CC-BY-NC-ND

Library- mediated on a first-come-first-served basis

When the manuscript is accepted, the Author must first contact the Library for a 'Promotion Code' before making any payment. 

Author will then enter the 'Promotion Code' during the APC payment process on CCC RightsLink for the waiver.

If the author has made self payment to ACS Omega for APC, it cannot be reversed to apply the voucher.

Step-by-step Guide for Authors
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (ASME) Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

List of Eligible Journals

CC-BY Self-service and unmediated

ASME Information for Authors

Step-by-step Guide for Authors

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (CUP) Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications.

Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement. Click 'Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement', then enter country=Singapore and institution=NTU to view eligible publications. 

Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025.

View list

Self-service and unmediated

Cambridge University Press webpage on Read and Publish Agreement with the Singapore Alliance of University Libraries (SAUL)

Online author guide

CUP_OA

COLD SPRING HARBOUR LABORATORY (CSHL)

Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors. 

List of Eligible Journals:
1.    Genes & Development 
2.    Genome Research 
3.    RNA 
4.    Learning & Memory 
5.    Molecular Case Studies (Discontinued in 2024)

The agreement does not cover comments and editorial types of publications.

CC-BY 
CC-BY-NC 

Self-service and unmediated

FAQs for authors

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)'s list of institutions with current CSHL Press Transformative Agreements.

LYELL COLLECTION Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

List of Eligible Journals and Book Series

CC-BY  Self-service and unmediated

Geological Society of London's website on open access agreements

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (RSC) Fully Utilised NTU-affiliated corresponding authors. CC-BY
CC-BY-NC

Self-service and unmediated

First-come-first-served basis

For author guide, click the PDF below. 

RSC_OA

More about RSC's Read & Publish

SAGE

Fully Utilised

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors.

List of Eligible Journals

CC BY
CC BY-NC

Library mediated

First-come-first-served basis

Author Information
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS

Available

NTU-affiliated corresponding authors. Please use NTU email address and express your institution name as it appears in their participating institutions list during submission.

List of Eligible Journals:

  1. Development
  2. Journal of Cell Science
  3. Journal of Experimental Biology
  4. Disease Models & Mechanisms
  5. Biology Open

 

Self-service and unmediated

First-come-first-served basis

Step-by-step author guide

Read & Publish for researchers