APC SUPPORT
Open Access Support – APC Waivers for Publications in 2025
Elsevier, Springer Nature, IEEE, Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Akadémiai Kiadó
To promote open access – the free and universal availability of scientific research – the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA KIK), together with the EISZ consortium, have signed agreements with several major database providers and publishers within the EISZ framework over the past year.
As a participating institution, Óbuda University is currently included in several of these agreements, which means that university faculty and researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs) when publishing their articles open access with the publishers listed above.
The staff of the University Library are authorized to approve APC requests through the administrative platforms of each publisher. When approving a request, library colleagues verify the author’s institutional affiliation to the publisher.
We kindly ask all authors to always use their official university email address when submitting a manuscript via the journal’s submission platform!
We currently have valid agreements in place for open access publishing with the following publishers:
Elsevier
Under the agreement signed with Elsevier, researchers affiliated with institutions subscribing via EISZ have the opportunity to publish open access on the ScienceDirect platform. The agreement covers both hybrid and Gold Open Access journals, with copyright managed under Creative Commons licenses (CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-ND). Researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Details on Elsevier’s website:
https://www.elsevier.com/open-access/agreements/hungary
What costs are covered by the OA agreement?
The agreement only waives APC fees. It does not cover other publication-related fees, such as page charges, color printing fees, submission fees, or additional editorial or publishing costs.
What types of publications are eligible?
The agreement applies to articles where the corresponding author is affiliated with an EISZ member institution participating in the consortium.
What is the coverage period?
The article must be accepted for publication within the term of the agreement (i.e., by December 31, 2025).
Which journals are eligible?
Authors can publish in over 2,000 hybrid and Gold Open Access journals published by Elsevier.
Exceptions include The Lancet, Cell, and certain society-owned journals.
Journal list available on Elsevier’s website.
Springer Nature
Under the agreement signed with Springer Nature, researchers affiliated with institutions subscribing via EISZ have the opportunity to publish open access in more than 2,000 hybrid and over 400 Gold Open Access journals published by Springer Nature (including BMC, Nature Research, Palgrave, and SpringerOpen). Copyright is managed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license, and researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Details available on Springer Nature’s website:
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/institutional-agreements/oaforhungary
What costs are covered by the OA agreement?
The agreement only covers APCs. Other publication-related fees — such as page charges, color printing fees, submission fees, or additional publishing or editorial charges — are not covered.
What types of publications are eligible?
The agreement applies to articles where the corresponding author is affiliated with an EISZ member institution participating in the consortium.
What is the coverage period?
The article must be accepted for publication within the term of the agreement (i.e., by December 31, 2025).
Which journals are eligible?
Eligible publications include Springer Nature’s hybrid (Open Choice) and Gold Open Access journals.
Cambridge University Press
Under the agreement with Cambridge University Press, researchers affiliated with institutions subscribing via EISZ have the opportunity to publish their articles open access. The agreement covers both hybrid and Gold Open Access journals published by CUP. Copyright is managed under the Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-SA, and CC-BY-NC-ND. Researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
More information on the publisher’s website:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-policies/read-and-publish-agreements
What costs are covered by the OA agreement?
The agreement only waives APCs. It does not cover other publication-related fees, such as page charges, color printing fees, submission fees, or other editorial or publishing costs.
What types of publications are eligible?
The agreement applies to articles where the corresponding author is affiliated with an EISZ member institution participating in the consortium.
In 2025, there is no limit on the number of articles that can be published APC-free by authors from subscriber institutions.
What is the coverage period?
The article must be accepted for publication within the agreement period (i.e., by December 31, 2025).
Which journals are eligible?
Open access publishing is available in Cambridge University Press’s hybrid and Gold Open Access journals.
De Gruyter
Under the agreement with De Gruyter, researchers affiliated with institutions subscribing via EISZ have the opportunity to publish their articles open access. The agreement covers De Gruyter’s online hybrid and Gold Open Access journals. Copyright is managed under the Creative Commons CC-BY and CC-BY-NC licenses. Researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
More information on De Gruyter’s website:
https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/publications/openaccess/fundingsupport
What costs are covered by the OA agreement?
The agreement only covers APCs. Other publication-related fees — such as page charges, color printing fees, submission fees, or additional editorial or publishing costs — are not included in the agreement.
What types of publications are eligible?
The agreement applies to articles where the corresponding author is affiliated with an EISZ member institution participating in the consortium.
In 2024, up to 16 articles can be published APC-free across all consortium member institutions.
What is the coverage period?
The article must be accepted for publication within the term of the agreement (i.e., by December 31, 2024).
Which journals are eligible?
Open access publishing is available in De Gruyter’s online hybrid and Gold Open Access journals.
Akadémiai Kiadó
Under the agreement with Akadémiai Kiadó, faculty members and researchers at Óbuda University have the opportunity to publish their articles open access. The agreement covers both hybrid and Gold Open Access journals, with copyright managed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license. Researchers are exempt from paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).
Which types of articles are supported?
- Original research articles
- Review articles
- Book reviews
How are authors identified by the publisher?
- Affiliation – based on the name of the institution
- Unique identification – based on the domain of the author’s email address
Open Access Support Committee
Requests for support are submitted with the involvement of the faculty’s Vice-Dean for Research. The Vice-Dean submits the manuscript selected for support by the faculty to the Open Access Support Committee.
The committee then evaluates the application in cooperation with the Scientific Council, and decides on the allocation of funding.