Open Access
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Open Access
- Open access publishing
- Lists for Fully open access journals and hybrid journals
- Availability of open access articles in a journal's print format
- Institutional open access agreements
- Deposition of published Open Access articles on PubMed
- Submitting a manuscript to a BMC Journal
- Plan S compliance for Springer Nature authors
- APC invoice tax exemption for international organisations in the EU
- APC invoice tax exemption for Tax-Exempt Organisations in the USA
Article submissions
Article-processing Charges (APCs)
- Article Processing Charges (APC)
- Find the Article Processing Charges (APC) for a specific journal
- Do Springer Nature's article processing charges (APCs) offer good value?
- APC waivers and discounts
- Author’s payment of APCs does not influence acceptance of article’s publication
- Coloured article figures and Colour Charges
- Funders for Open Access articles and books
- APC Article Processing Charge Important Notes
APC Payments
- APCs payment options
- APC Payment – Explanation Video
- Company information for vendor registration of an OA article’s APC payment
- Currencies used for Open Access APCs, BPCs and CPCs
- Taxes related to an APC
- Payment for an APC by your institution or funder
- Split APCs across multiple parties
- Time period allowed for payment of an APC
- APC refund policy
- Identify scam invoices
Open Access Books & Chapters
Licencing & Copyright
- Do I need to transfer copyright to Springer Nature if I publish open access?
- Find the licence applicable for each journal
- Which CC licences are available to publish under?
- Publishing agreements for authors affiliated with US Government Contractors and US National Laboratories
- Crown copyright
- Open Government Licence (OGL)
- Subscription publishing
- Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO) Licence and Copyright
- NIH employee
- 'Work for hire' Licence to Publish / Copyright (Employer owns the copyright)