Cambridge University Press APCs for open access publishing

OVERVIEW

EIFL has negotiated waived and discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs) for authors from EIFL partner countries when they publish in a fully open access (gold), research open, and hybrid journals. In addition, authors from countries that have signed a read & publish agreement can publish for free, at no APC cost, in open access in a hybrid journal, a fully open access or a research open journal.

Waivers for fully open access, RESEARCH OPEN AND HYBRID journals

Below are the agreed terms for publishing in a Cambridge University Press fully open access (gold), research open or hybrid journal:

• Waived article processing charges - no fees for corresponding authors from: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji,  Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe

DISCOUNTS FOR FULLY OPEN ACCESS AND RESEARCH OPEN JOURNALS

• 50% discount for all corresponding authors from: Botswana, and Namibia

NO APCS FOR HYBRID, FULLY OPEN ACCESS AND RESEARCH OPEN JOURNALS VIA READ & PUBLISH AGREEMENTS

Corresponding authors from the below affiliated institutions in Armenia, Estonia, Fiji, Ghana, Latvia, Lithuania and Palestine, where consortia have signed read & publish agreements, can publish their articles for free in open access in hybrid journals, fully open access and research open journals from Cambridge University Press:

• Estonia: Check the list of eligible institution here (full collection, view the title list here)
• Fiji: Fiji National University (full collection, view the title list here)
• Georgia: Check the list of eligible institution here (full collection, view the title list here)
• Ghana: Check the list of eligible institution here (full collection, view the title list here)
• Latvia: Daugavpils University (full collection, view the title list here), Latvia University (full collection, view the title list here),  Liepaja University (full collection, view the title list here).
• Lithuania: Vilnius University (full collection, view the title list here), Vytautas Magnus University (full collection, view the title list here), The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (full collection, view the title list here) 

ARTICLE TYPES

• Article types covered: research article, review article, rapid communication, brief report, case.
• Article types NOT covered: Book reviews, Discussions, Editorials, Introductions, Letters, Meeting reports, Proceedings
• For definitions of the above visit this page.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

For authors from countries that have signed up to read & publish, waivers of APCs will be automatically applied if the institution/consortium has chosen the touch free work flow. For institutions/consortia that have not chosen the touch free work flow, authors need to select ‘Apply Discounts’ within the Rightslink process, even if they are automatically recognized.

Once the completed licence to publish form has been received, authors will receive an email from Rightslink-CCC, who work on Cambridge’s behalf to collect Article Processing Charges (APCs). All authors must complete this process. Within the Rightslink process, corresponding Authors from eligible countries should select their country and select ‘Apply Discounts’. They will then be returned to an updated version of the charges page, where the net total will be updated to reflect the waiver. If authors are not recognized automatically, they should contact publisher as openresearch@cambridge.org 

For authors who are eligible for APC waivers no application is required and authors are automatically recognised as eligible for open access publishing once their paper has been accepted. If authors are not recognized automatically, they should contact publisher as openresearch@cambridge.org

For authors who are eligible for 50% APC discount no application is required and authors are automatically recognised as eligible for getting a discount to publish in open access. If authors are not recognized automatically, they should contact publisher as openresearch@cambridge.org 

HOW DO I KNOW THE EXACT COST OF THE DISCOUNTED APC?

This title list shows the full price of the APC of fully open access and research open titles. Authors will have to reduce the price by 50%. 

Authors can also double check this by clicking on “Download a spreadsheet of our full list of APC charges” on this Cambridge University Press website page in case the APC has changed since the title list was last updated. 

HOW CAN I FIND JOURNALS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE OFFER?

Authors eligible for a 50% discount (Botswana and Namibia) can view the fully open access and research open title list here and browse it by subject. Authors eligible for waivers can view the list of journals for fully open access, research open and hybrid titles can be found here. This title list will be updated annually. The current list is for 2025.  For country-specific title lists, please see below 'Where else can I publish in open access?'

Where Else can I publish in open access?

Click on your country below to get the list of all the journals that EIFL has negotiated open access publishing terms for. You can browse the list by subject, impact factor, and publisher.

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, China, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Further information

Contact us if you have questions: info@eifl.net