Simon Fraser University (SFU) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.
The Simon Fraser University Library (SFU Library) supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Simon Fraser University has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, eligible authors from Simon Fraser University may publish in any Frontiers journal with up to $2,500 CAD of the article processing charge (APC) covered by the Open Access Fund, and with a simplified process.
Eligible authors will benefit from a streamlined invoicing process - the invoicing from Frontiers is managed directly between Frontiers and the Open Access team at the SFU Library, and authors receive an invoice only if the APC exceeds the $2,500 CAD limit, in which case the SFU Library will invoice the corresponding author. In either case, Simon Fraser University and its researchers will benefit from a membership discount on APCs for articles covered by this agreement.
This agreement will further encourage Simon Fraser University authors to publish open access, increasing uptake of open access to the results of mostly publicly funded research, to the benefit of the scholarly community and the public at large, while reducing costs.
To submit their article under this institutional agreement, authors may select 'Simon Fraser University' as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting their article. Frontiers will then verify their eligibility with the SFU Library, and if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance.
SFU authors are eligible for funding for up to two articles per calendar year through the Open Access Fund, with a limit of $2,500 CAD per article.
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