Article Processing Charge (APC) discounts
UNE authors have access to Article Processing Charges (APC) discounts with
- Elsevier
- Oxford University Press
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Sage
- Wiley
- The Royal Society
A summary of the discounts is provided below. These charges are separate from Read and Publish Agreements.
Although UNE does not have a read & publish agreement with The Royal Society, their 'Subscribe to Open' model means that UNE authors may be eligible to publish Open Access at no cost in select Royal Society Journals. This may change yea-to-year. For 2026, UNE authors are able to publish at no cost in seven hybrid journals as shown on the CAUL Title List. Titles covered Elsevier's Core Hybrid journals and fully Open Access (Gold) journals which are excluded from the CAUL negotiated Elsevier Read and Publish Agreement. This includes Gold Open Access Cell Press and Gold Open Access The Lancet titles. Title eligibility can be checked using Elsevier's Journal Finder. APC discount available 15% - the invoice with the discounted APC will be sent to the address nominated by the corresponding author once the article is validated by the Consortium Author eligibility The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with UNE. Corresponding authors must specify UNE as their affiliated institution, and use their institutional email address (@une.edu.au or @myune.edu.au) Article licensing CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND Agreement details Articles must be accepted during the agreement term. Agreement is active from 1 January 2026.
This discount is available through the Library's Read and Publish agreement with Elsevier (see CAUL's Elsevier agreement).
See also Elsevier APC list prices. Titles covered Oxford University Press full open access (Gold) journals not covered by the CAUL Read & Publish agreement. APC discount available 10% - the invoice with the discounted APC will be sent to the address nominated by the corresponding author once the article is validated by the Consortium Author eligibility The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with UNE. Corresponding authors must specify UNE as their affiliated institution, and use their institutional email address (@une.edu.au or @myune.edu.au) Article licensing CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND Agreement details Articles must be accepted during the agreement term. Agreement is active from 1 January 2025.
This discount is available through the Library's Read and Publish agreement with Oxford University Press (see CAUL's OUP agreement). See also OUP Open Access publishing agreements.
Journal publishing type
Hybrid journals
APC discount available
15% - the invoice with the discounted APC will be sent to the corresponding author for payment
Titles covered
Royal Society of Chemistry Hybrid journals
Author eligibility
The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with UNE. Corresponding authors must use their institutional email address (@une.edu.au or @myune.edu.au)
Article licensing
CC BY, CC BY-NC
Agreement details
Articles must be accepted during the agreement term. Agreement is active from 1 January 2022.
This discount is available through the Library's subscription to Royal Society of Chemistry journals.
Titles covered
Sage full open access (Gold) journals not covered by the CAUL Read & Publish agreement.
APC discount available
20% - the invoice with the discounted APC will be sent to the address nominated by the corresponding author once the article is validated by the Consortium
Author eligibility
The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with UNE. Corresponding authors must specify UNE as their affiliated institution, and use their institutional email address (@une.edu.au or @myune.edu.au)
Article licensing
CC BY, CC BY-NC
Agreement details
Articles must be accepted during the agreement term. Agreement is active from 1 January 2025.
This discount is available through the Library's Read and Publish agreement with Sage (see CAUL's Sage agreement).
See also Sage Open Access publishing agreements.
Titles covered
Wiley journals not covered by the CAUL Read & Publish agreement.
APC discount available
20% - the invoice with the discounted APC will be sent to the address nominated by the corresponding author once the article is validated by the Consortium
Author eligibility
The corresponding author needs to be affiliated with UNE. Corresponding authors must specify UNE as their affiliated institution, and use their institutional email address (@une.edu.au or @myune.edu.au)
Article licensing
CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND or CC BY-NC-ND
Agreement details
Articles must be accepted during the agreement term. Agreement is active from 1 January 2026.
This discount is available through the Library's Read and Publish agreement with Wiley (see CAUL's Wiley agreement).
