JHU Institutional Membership for Open Access Journals

"Open Access is the future of scientific publication and one that we should all work hard to make successful. Every scientist can help by embracing the concept of Open Access and supporting journals as they attempt to make it the norm."

- Dr. Richard Roberts. (A senior editor for NAR, and a past Nobel Prize winner)

Hopkins authors will get a discount or the fee will be waived to publish an article in the following Open Access journals:

• Biomed Central Journals (regularly $505 to $2,425 per article)
  As a researcher or student at Johns Hopkins University you will receive a 15% discount on the article processing charges when you publish in journals published by BioMed Central.
  
  
• Nucleic Acid Research (Institutional membership for 2007: $3515.00)
  Author charges for $950 per article (a 50% discount), which is half that of non-member institutions. Available April 22, 2006.
  
  
• PLoS Journals (regularly $1,500)
  30% discount. $450 per paper as a corresponding author.
  The discount on publication charges will be determined by the primary affiliation of the corresponding author. A corresponding author with equal affiliations to multiple institutions is entitled to the benefits of the higher tier membership. Corresponding authors are asked to identify their primary institutional affiliation upon submitting a manuscript, and are immediately apprised of the discount to which their institution's membership entitles them.
  
  
• PNAS (regularly $1,000)
  25% discount. $750 per paper plus $70 per printed page is requested from all authors who have funds available for that purpose. Payment of $150 per article is also requested for Supporting Information. Payment by authors of the following additional costs is expected: $450 for each color figure or table; $150 for each replacement or deletion of a color figure or table; additional $200 for each color Supporting Information item that must be scanned.