HomeAt Hiroshima University, we promote open access for publications to enhance the impact of our research output and strengthen our research capabilities. To achieve this, we offer Article Processing Charge (APC) grants and assistance and support for publishing papers in our institutional repository
HU has established an Open Access Policy to ensure that the research results of our members are widely available.
APC Support
We provide APC grants and support necessary for making your papers open access.
Q1 Journal APC Subsidy
Those accepted by a Nature Research Journal or Science Advances will be compensated for the full APC amount. Those accepted by other Q1 journal will be compensated for the full APC amount if a first or corresponding author is age 35 and under. Those who are above the age of 35 will be compensated for 50% of the APC amount.
For more details, please refer to the URL below: (For HU faculty and staff only)
https://commu.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/aqua/a37d5400-8107-4d06-af51-f69bf7511b07/view
APC Support through Transformative Agreement
From January 2025, Hiroshima University supporting APC's through Transformative Agreements with ACS, Springer Nature and Wiley. And April 2025, HU supports APC's through Transformative Agreements with Elsevier. A Transformative Agreement is a contract with a publisher which combines the publishing fees and subscription fees into one. With these contracts, researchers are able to publish open access in these publisher’s journals at extremely lower expense. However, each publisher has a different limit on the number of APC’s they can support.
For HU faculty and staff, please refer to the URL below for more details:
https://commu.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/aqua/46692b17-dcf5-482a-98a7-c980773e6f31/view
For HU student, please refer to the URL below:
https://forms.office.com/r/MFmsmh5nMf
Free APC Vouchers and Discounts
| Publisher | Eligible Journals | Application Conditions | 料金 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Society of Chemistry | Hybrid journals excluding full OA journals |
You must use your Hiroshima University email address (@hiroshima-u.ac.jp) when submitting your paper. | Free (View details) |
| SCOPE3 | 11 journals from HEP | No restrictions on who can apply. | Free |
| Microbiology Society | journals | No restrictions on who can apply. You must enter the promotion code "USACO20232025" during submission. | 10％ discount |
| National Academy of Sciences | PNAS | HU faculty, staff and student | ＄5,300 |
Support for Publishing Papers in the Institutional Repository
We provide support for registering and publishing academic papers, research data, and other materials in Hiroshima University's institutional repository.
