Article/Book Processing Charge: Library's support for APCs

Information about OA publishing fees and discounts for researchers at the University of Helsinki

Library's support for APCs

The researchers of the Helsinki University have the possibility to publish their articles open access with university's support in the following ways

 

 

 

Criteria for applying library's APC Funding in 2025

The funding is primarily for researchers without research funding for open access publishing.

The funding is for A1 Journal article (refereed), original research. Funding doesn't cover submission or other editing fees. Funding is not available for C1 or C2 book processing charges (BPC). More information about the decision levels for the publications.

Criteria for the 2025 funding

  1. The researcher/article author of the Helsinki University is the Corresponding author of the article and has a valid affiliation to University of Helsinki when submitting the article. The affiliation is checked from TUHAT database.
  2. The journal is full Open Access and has JUFO Classification 1, 2 or 3. The library is not responsible for changes in JUFO Classification. You can follow the changes in the JUFO categories from the Publication Forum´s webpage
  3. The article is submitted for publishing (submission date) between Jan 1, 2025 and Dec 31, 2025. Apply for APC funding when you are submitting the article.
  4. Maximum funding for the article is 3500 €
  5. The article is published under CC-BY licence. In some cases other licence can be accepted. Read more about from our License Guide.
  6. Corresponding author can get APC funding for max. 6 APCs per calendar year. The limit of 6 articles can be flexible for justifiable reasons.

If the journal meets the requirements fill in the APC Fund Request: bit.ly/APCfund (log in with UH user account). Library checks the request during next working day and informs about the payment details of the APC.


 

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Library's journal subscription agreements or other agreements that include open access publishing

Publisher Journals Agreement Period Form of support Creative Commons Licences Agreement Criteria Guidelines
American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal list

1.1.2025–31.12.2026

 Free open access, article quota CC BY

Corresponding Author
Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address

Article is peer reviewed

Choose your UH affiliation in the ACS system when submitting the article

Article is accepted during the agreement period

 ACS instructions
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

ACM journals

ACM magazines

ACM Conference Proceedings

1.7.2022–31.12.2024

Negotiations ongoing - see FinELib's announcement

 Free open access CC BY Corresponding Author
Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address		 Using OA by FinELib Consortium
BioMed Central (Springer) BioMed Central journals 1.1.2025-31.12.2025

Our agreement provides a 15% discount to the APC.

To cover the remainder of the APC, apply for our APC funding when submitting the article to the publisher. We will accept articles compliant with our APC funding criteria (see criteria above).

 CC BY

Corresponding Author

Submission in UH network

15% discount:

Submission guidelines by BMC

Remainder of APC, apply for APC Funding: http://bit.ly/APCfund
Cambridge University Press Journal List 1.1.2024-31.12.2025 Free open access CC BY

Corresponding Author

Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address

Article types: research, case report, brief report, review or rapid communications article

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

NB: CUP Research Directions and Cambridge Prisms, 10% discount
-> fill in the APC Funding Request
Cell Press (Elsevier) Journal list

Acceptance date 1.1.2025–31.12.2025

 Free open access, annual article quota CC BY Corresponding Author
Article type: full length journal articles
review articles
short communications
case reports
short reviews (surveys)
original software publications
data articles
micro-articles
protocols
replication studies
videos		 Using OA by FinELib Consortium
Cogitatio Journals 1.1.2024-31.12.2025 Free open access CC BY

Corresponding Author

Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address

  
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press CSHLP Journals (except Life Science Alliance) 1.1.2023-31.12.2025 Free open access

CC BY

CC BY-NC

Corresponding Author

Choose UH as your institution when submitting the article

  
Copernicus Copernicus journals that are JUFO Classification 1, 2 or 3 1.1.2023-31.12.2025 Free open access compliant with library's APC Funding criteria CC BY Corresponding Author
 		 Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address
Elsevier

Journal list

+ These Elsevier journals subscribed by the library

Acceptance date 1.1.2024-31.12.2025

Hybrid: Free open access, annual article quota

Full OA: 15% discount

CC BY

CC BY-NC-ND

 Corresponding Author
Article types: full length journal articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, short reviews (surveys), original software publications, data articles, micro-articles, protocols, replication studies, videos

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

NB: Open Access journals -> fill in the APC Funding Request
Emerald

Journal list

Also International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management and Mental Illness.

1.1.2025–31.12.2026

 

 Free open access, article quota CC BY

Corresponding Author
 

Article types: Research Paper, Viewpoint, Technical Paper, Conceptual Paper, Case Study, Literature Review, General Review

Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address

Using OA by FinELib Consortium
IEEE Journal list

1.1.2024–31.12.2025

 Free open access, annual article quota

CC BY

CC BY-NC-ND

 Corresponding Author
Peer-reviewed article		 Using OA by FinELib Consortium
Institute of Physics (IOP) Journal list 1.1.2023-31.12.2027 Free open access CC BY

Corresponding Author

Article types

Original research articles Review articles Letters

 IOP's instructions
LWW - Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Wolters Kluwer journals

1.1.2025-31.12.2026

  

CC BY

CC BY-NC-ND

 Corresponding Author

Using OA by FinELib Consortium
Nature Research Journal list

1.6.2025 - 31.12.2026

Free open access, annual article quota

 CC BY

Corresponding Author

Article types: Original Paper, Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report

 Using OA by FinELIb
Open Library of Humanities (OLH) OLH journals 1.1.2025-31.12.2027 Free open access CC BY The library supports OLH's activity in 2025-2027. OLH currently contains 32 open journals operating under a Diamond OA model (= no APCs or a voluntary APC) See the full list of OLH-funded journal websites. Full information will be given on how to submit on your chosen journal’s website.
Oxford University Press Journal list

1.1.2024–31.12.2025

Hybrid: Free open access

Full OA: 15% discount

CC BY

CC BY-NC

CC BY-NC-ND

Corresponding Author

Correspondence with the publisher from helsinki.fi -email address


Article is peer-reviewed.
Article is not published in a Supplement

Using OA by FinELIb

OUP's instructions to author

NB: Open Access journals -> -15% discount, fill in the APC Funding Reques
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) RSC journals

1.1.2024 – 31.12.2025

 Free open access

CC BY

CC BY-NC

Corresponding Author

Submission of the article from helsinki.fi -email address

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

NB: Gold OA journals -> fill in the APC Funding Request
SAGE Premier

Journal list

1.1.2025 - 31.12.2026

 Free open access CC BY Corresponding Author

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

 
Springer Nature

Journal list

NB. Nature journals are not included -> See Nature Research above

1.1.2024–31.12.2025

 Free open access

CC BY

CC BY-NC

Corresponding Author

Article types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

NB: Other Springer Nature open access journals -> fill in the APC Funding Request
SpringerOpen SpringerOpen journals 1.1.2025-31.12.2025

Our agreement provides a 15% discount to the APC.

To cover the remainder of the APC, apply for our APC funding when submitting the article to the publisher. We will accept articles compliant with our APC funding criteria (see criteria above).

 CC BY

Corresponding Author

Submission in UH network

15% discount:

Submission guidelines by BMC and SpringerOpen

Remainder of APC, apply for APC Funding: http://bit.ly/APCfund
Taylor & Francis

Journal list

(updated in January 2025)

1.1.2025-31.12.2026

 

 

Free open access, article quota

 

CC BY

CC BY-NC-ND

Corresponding Author
Choose University of Helsinki as your main oraganisation
Use helsinki.fi email
Peer-reviewed article types:
Article, Review, Research Article, Review Article, Report, Short Communication, Case Report, Note, Original Article, Guest Editorial

Article has been accepted after 1.1.2025

Using OA by FinELib Consortium

 
Wiley Wiley Full OA and other included journals

1.1.2023–31.12.2024

Negotiations ongoing - see FinELib's announcement

Free open access, article quota has ended.

 

CC BY

CC BY-NC

CC BY-NC-ND

 Corresponding Author
Article has been accepted (or submited to open access journal) 1.1.2023–31.12.2024
Article is eprimary research article, review article or e.g. commentary

Contact hulib-apc@helsinki.fi.

  

Updated 4th Mar 2025

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