The MIT Libraries provide support for authors publishing in open access journals in the following ways:
| Program | Support Details |
|---|---|
| MIT Libraries Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund | Provides MIT faculty with up to $1000 towards publication fees in peer-reviewed, open access journals. more info |
| arXiv | Through funding from the MIT Libraries and the Department of Physics, MIT is an institutional supporting member of this repository, which offers open access to e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics. more info |
| BioMed Central | MIT Libraries’ membership provides MIT authors with a 15% discount on article processing fees for BMC journals and all SpringerOpen journals as well. more info |
| Nucleic Acids Research | MIT Libraries’ membership provides MIT authors with a 50% discount on open access processing fees. more info |
| PLoS (Public Library of Science) | MIT Libraries’ membership provides MIT authors with a 10% discount on article processing fees for PLoS journals. more info |
| PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) | MIT Libraries’ site license provides MIT authors with a 25% discount on the optional open access processing fees. more info |
| Royal Society | MIT Libraries' membership provides MIT authors with a 25% discount on article processing charges for any Royal Society journal, including their open access journal and their open access option for traditional journals called EXiS Open Choice. more info |
| Royal Society of Chemistry | MIT Libraries’ site license provides MIT authors with a 15% discount on the optional open access processing fees. more info / Special information on vouchers for open access publishing fees in 2013 |
Please contact Ellen Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, with any questions about these programs.
