Scholarly publishing guidance for Haverford authors, featuring information on open access options, author rights, funding opportunities, and library support services.
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Open publishing agreements
Haverford authors can publish open access at no cost in many journals through the Libraries' publisher agreements that waive or discount article processing charges (APCs).
These agreements typically apply when the Haverford author is the corresponding author.
Be sure to list your institutional affiliation as Haverford College and use your @haverford.edu email address during submission.
Publish your research in any ACS journal, with 100% of the APC covered. When your manuscript has been accepted for publication, you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under our agreement.
Publishing in six ASM participating journals with no APCs and no publishing caps, and discounted page and supplemental material fees. Discounts will be automatically applied based on author affiliation information.
Unlimited open access publishing in ACM’s research publications without APCs. OA will default to institutionally paid based on author affiliation and you will be prompted to choose a Creative Commons license.
Unlimited OA publishing in all five Company of Biologists journals with no APC. Use your Haverford affliiation when submitting and complete the “Open Access” submission question by selecting “Read & Publish agreement”.
Publish OA at no cost. Use your Haverford affiliation in the ScholarOne submisison system and choose Yes for the Open Access Choice question. During the initial assessment of your article, IOPP will check eligibility for our agreement funding and verify with you via email.
Publish with MDPI with a 10% discount on journal APCs and Book Processing Charges (BPCs), and a 15% discount on language editing services. Haverford is part of MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) "non-central workflow."
Publish research articles immediate OA in PNAS with a $500 discount off the normal APC. (All PNAS articles become OA after 6 months with their default APC.) Publish OA at no-cost in PNAS Nexus through our Oxford agreement.
Publish OA in Springer Nature hybrid journals with open access fees covered at 100%. Note: this agreement does not cover Springer Nature fully OA or Nature-branded journals.
Faculty authors whose publication is not covered by an existing agreement, or other funding, may apply for support from the Open Access Publishing Fund, co-administered by the Libraries and the Office of the Provost. This fund covers APCs when no other funding is available. It is a limited annual fund and awards are made on a first-come, first-served basis.
Faculty can apply for a Libraries-sponsored grant to adopt, adapt, or create OER for their courses. This program supports open-access pedagogical publishing with no author-facing costs—see the OER Program FAQ for details.
