Support for Cornell Authors
Financial support for Cornell authors
- Cornell Open-Access Publication FundCOAP is a fund available to help select Cornell-affiliated researchers cover the publishing costs associated with publishing, *when no other funding options exist*. To qualify, the journal must be open access and comply with best practices in open access publishing.
- Cambridge University Press OA waiverCornell authors may publish open access at no charge in Cambridge University Press journals that offer an OA option. Select United States/Cornell to view a list of eligible journals and next steps for authors.
- TOME / Open Access Monograph Publishing GrantOne grant per year is awarded to support the publication of an open access monograph.
- Institute of Physics Open PublishingFrom 2024, Cornell authors can now publish OA in almost all IOP & Electrochemical Society titles at no additional charge. Important notes: A few journals have page charges that are not covered by these agreements. In addition, journals from the American Astronomical Society are not included in the R&P model because the AAS does not support Read & Publish agreements – they require APCs for all OA articles.
- Royal SocietyFrom January 2025, Cornell authors who are Corresponding Authors on articles in all Royal Society journals, including Philosophical Transactions A & B, can publish without paying an APC. This initial agreement runs through the end of 2027.
- Royal Society of ChemistryFrom April 2024, Cornell authors who are Corresponding Authors on articles in all RSC Hybrid and Gold OA journals, including RSC Advances, can publish without paying an APC. This agreement has been extended to run through the end of 2027.
- International Water Association PublicationsFrom September 2024, Cornell authors can publish in IWA Publishing's Open Access journals without paying an APC with an Institutional Waiver.
- John Benjamins PublishingFrom January 2025, Cornell authors who are Corresponding Authors on articles in all John Benjamins journals can publish without paying an APC. John Benjamins publishes 88 journals in linguistics, language studies, translation studies, and related fields.
- American Society for MicrobiologyFrom January 2025, articles published in six ASM journals will have no APCs for Cornell-affiliated Corresponding Authors. Three ASM journals do not support OA publishing.
- Karger PublishersFrom 2025, Cornell authors who are Corresponding Authors on articles accepted by any of Karger's hybrid or Open Access medical journals do not need to pay any fees to make the article fully OA.
As of 2025, Karger also has four Subscribe to Open journals; there is also no charge to publish in these journals.
Services for Cornell authors
- Cornell Data ServicesCornell Data Services is a collaborative, campus-wide organization that provides support for data management, data management planning, data sharing and archiving.
Support for Open Access Journal Editors
Cornell University Library provides a journal hosting service for Cornell-affiliated authors of open access journals.
Your Library Liaison can help identify resources to enhance the discovery, access and preservation of an open access journal developed at Cornell:
- Indexing: Librarians can identify publishers of indexing and abstracting databases that may accept your journal for inclusion. Librarians can make direct recommendations to some publishers (e.g. Ebsco or Proquest), or provide contact and policy information for others (e.g. Web of Science).
- Library catalog record: Librarians can ensure that a record is created for the Cornell University Library Catalog.
- DOAJ: It is important to register open access journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals as a discovery tool. In addition, the record can then be automatically harvested for inclusion in library catalogs around the world. More information on applying for your journal to be in DOAJ is available.
- Preservation: To ensure long term content security and access, librarians can provide information on options such as institutional repositories, LOCKSS or Portico.
Transitioning an existing journal to open access
Resources for transitioning a traditional, subscription-based journal to open access:
- The University of California Office of Scholarly Communication Transitioning Journals to Open Access toolkit.
- SPARC's Transitioning your journal from subscription to open access.