PeerJ has welcomed the University of Sussex to a Three Year Fixed Term Memberships Program. The University becomes the first UK institution to sign up for the program, which offers a low-cost alternative to Article Processing Charges for Open Access. Under the agreement, the University will cover the cost of Three-Year Memberships for their faculty, meaning no out-of-pocket fees for Sussex-affiliated authors to publish in PeerJ’s seven journals.
PeerJ Three Year Fixed Term Memberships, priced at $239 per author, are valid from the date of an author’s first publication and for a further 36 months, during which they can publish up to two more articles at any point, giving authors more flexibility as to when they publish. When authors use their full complement of three publications, the per-author cost borne by Sussex averages out at under $80/article.
University of Sussex is the first UK institution to sign up for the project, following the University of California, Berkeley, University of Ottawa, and Iowa State University. PeerJ welcomes applications to the program from other universities and looks to expand the program into Europe and beyond.
Under the agreement, all co-authors must hold a PeerJ Membership in order to publish; any Memberships previously held by Sussex-affiliated authors remain valid. Authors can still choose to pay via APCs should they prefer.
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