Discounts and waivers on APC (publishing fee)

There is a national cap on the annual number of pu​blished Open Access articles in the waiver agreements with:​

• Cambridge University Press​
• Springer (Springer Compact)
• Taylor & Francis
• Wiley

It will not be possible to know in advance whether an article can be published before the quota is reached. The APC waiver is only activated when the manuscript is accepted for publication, not when it is submitted to the journal. In other words, there ​​is no guarantee that the APC will be waived, as this depends on whether there are still APC-free publication slots available within the quota of the relevant agreement at the time the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 require Open Access publishing. If you are publishing under a Horizon grant, it is recommended to contact KUB Research Support before submitting to a journal under one of the four above-mentioned agreements.​

ACM Agreement​ (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).

Unlimited Open Access publishing in ACM magazines, conference proceedings, and journals – see the list of journals in the agreement here or use Journal Finder.

Procedure:

• Use your institutional email address* as the submitting corresponding author when submitting the manuscript for review and when choosing between the two "rights assignment" options after acceptance.
• Choose a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY.

*Region H mail is accepted if the submitting ​corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab.
Region Zealand mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.​

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Research articles
• Review articles
• Conference paper
• Proceeding paper

Read more about conditions and procedures​.

American Society for Microbiology 2025-27

The APC is waived, but page charges will still apply. The following discounts are offered:

• ​25% discount on page charges as corresponding author
• 63% discount on page charges as corresponding author and individual member of ASM

The agreement covers all article types.

The APC is waived for publications in the following journals:

• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Infection and Immunity
• Journal of Bacteriology
• Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Journal of Virology

BMC

APC discount: 15%

Use Journal Finder to find included titles.

Cambridge University Press Agreement​ (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium). Use Journal Finder to find journals included in the agreement.

Procedure:

Select your institution from the list to confirm your affiliation (upon submission). Use your UCPH mail or Region mail* as submitting corresponding author. As affiliation, choose Copenhagen University for UCPH and Region Zealand and Copenhagen University Hospital for The Capital Region of Denmark.

Choose Gold Open Access** to publish your article without APC (once the article is accepted).

Choose a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY.

*Region H mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab.
Region Zealand mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.

**CUP uses the terms Gold and Hybrid Open Access synonymously for journals operating with APCs. It is still only hybrid journals that are part of the agreement.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Research article
• Review article
• Rapid communications
• Brief reports
• Case reports

Read more about conditions and procedures​

Elsevier agreem​ent 2025-28​ (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).

No APC in approximately​ 1640 of the publisher's hybrid journals - find journal included in the agreement​ or use Journal Finder.

Procedure:

• Use your UCPH mail or Region mail* as c​orresponding author. As affiliation, choose University of Copenhagen for both UCPH and The Capital Region of Denm​​ark​​
• Choose Gold Open Access** to publish your article wi​thout APC
• Choose a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY

*Region H mail is accepted if the corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab.
Region Zealand mail is accepted if the corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.

**Elsevier uses the terms Gold and Hybrid Open Access synonymously for journals operating with APCs. It is still only hybrid journals that are part of the agreement.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Case reports
• Data in Brief
• Full-length article
• Micro-articles
• Original software publications
• Practice guidelines
• Protocols
• Review articles
• Replication studies
• Short communications
• Short surveys
• Video articles​

Read more about terms and pro​cedure.

Search for journals included in the agreement.

Elsevier's Gold Open Access journals are not included in the agreement, and an APC will usually have to be paid.

IOP Publishing Agreement 2026-29​ (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium). Use Journal Finder​ to fi​nd journals included in the agreement.

Procedure:

• Select your institution from the list to confirm your affiliation (upon submission). Remember to use your UCPH mail as submitting corresponding author. As affiliation, choose Københavns Universitet for UCPH.
• Select Open Access as the form of publication. Here, it will initially appear that an APC must be paid, but IOP will subsequently check whether, due to your affiliation, you are eligible for free Open Access publication.
• At the beginning of the assessment process, you should receive an e-mail stating that you will receive the APC waiver due to UCPH's license agreement with IOP.
• Either during the peer review process or when the article has been accepted, you will be asked to sign an Open Access copyright form in order to publish under a CC BY license.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Research papers
• Special issues
• Letters
• Review articles​

Medical Journals Sweden

APC discount: 12%

Creative Commons license: CC BY og CC BY-NC

The APC is discoundted for publications in the following journa​​ls:

• Acta Dermato-Venereologica
• Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
• Acta Oncologica
• Acta Orthopaedica
• Biomaterial Investigations in Dentistry
• Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
• Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Scandinavian Journal of Urology

Portland Press Agreement 202​6-28​ (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).

No APC in any of Portland Press' five journals​.

Procedure:

Once your article is accepted, you will be guided through the agreement's OA terms:​

• Select UCPH from the list to confirm your affiliation.
• Choose the option to publish Open Access without paying APC.
• Select CC BY license.

Read more about conditions and procedures.

Royal Society of Chemistry

APC discount: 15% in the publisher's hybrid journals.

Use Journal Finder to find journals included in the agreement.

SCOAP³

The APC is waived for publication in the following journals:

• APS Physics:
  • ​​Physical Review C (PRC)
  • Physical Review D (PRD)
  • Physical Review Letters (PRL)
    
    
• Elsevier:
  • ​Nuclear Physics B (NPB)
  • Physics Letters B (PLB)
    
    
• IOP Publishing:
  • Chinese Physics C (CPC)
    
    
• Jagiellonian University:
  • Acta Physica Polonica B (APPB)
    
    
• Oxford University Press:
  • Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP)
    
    
• Springer:
  • The European Physical Journal C (EPJC)
  • The Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP)
    
    
• Wiley:
  • ​​Advances in High Energy Physics (AHEP)​​

Springer Compact Agreement (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).​

No APC in Springer Compact's hybrid journals, which include approximately​ 2100 journals from Springer, Adis and Palgrave - Download list of journals include​d in the agreement or use Journal Finder.

The agreement entered into force the 21st of March 2023. Only articles that are accepted for publication after this date can publish under the agreement.

Procedure:

• ​Use your UCPH mail or Region mail* as submitting corresponding author.
• Select your institution from the list to confirm your affiliation.
• Choose the option to publish Open Access​ without APC.
• Choose a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY.

*Region H mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab.
Region Zealand mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Original articles
• Research articles

The Nature portfolio is not part of the agreement on APC-free publishing.

Springer E-books

APC discount: 15 %

Creative Commons license: CC BY

Taylor & Francis agreement 2024-28 (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).​​

No APC in 2179 of the publisher's hybrid Open Access journals - See list of journals include​d in the agreement or use Journal Finder.

Procedure:

• ​Select your institution from the list to confirm your UCPH or Region H* affiliation.
• Choose the option to publish Open Access without APC and with a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY​​​

*Region H mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab. ​
Region Zealand mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Research article
• Review article
• Original article

Read more about terms and procedure

Taylor & Francis' Gold Open ​Access​ journals are not included in the agreement, and an APC will usually have to be paid.

Wiley agreement 2026-29 (Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium).​​ Use Journal Finder​ to find journals included in the agreement.

Procedure:

• ​Select your institution from the list to confirm your UCPH or Region affiliation*. As affiliation, choose Kobenhavns Universitet for UCPH and Rigshospitalet for The Capital Region of Denmark, regardless of which university hospital in The Capital Region of Denmark you are affiliated with, and Region Sjaelland for Region Zealand.
• Choose the option to publish Open Access without APC and with a Creative Commons license, e.g. CC BY​​​

* Region H mail is accepted if the submitting corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Amager and Hvidovre Hospital, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Bornholm's Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Nordsjællands Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri and Region Hovedstadens Akutberedskab. ​Region Zealand mail is accepted if the submitting ​corresponding author is employed at one of the following hospitals: Holbæk Sygehus, Nykøbing F. Sygehus, Næstved Sygehus, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Køge, Sjællands Universitetshospital-Roskilde, Slagelse Sygehus and Psykiatrien Region Sjælland.

The following article types are included in the agreement:

• Case study
• Commentary
• Data Article
• Education
• Lecture
• Methods and Protocol
• Perspective
• Practice and Policy
• Rapid Publication
• Research Article
• Review Article
• Short Communication
• Technical Note

Wiley's Gold Open ​Access​ journals are not included in the agreement, and an APC will usually have to be paid.