5 Article Processing Charges/Book Processing Charges (APCs/BPCs)
Jill Emery
The University Library budgets $15,000 annually to pay for article processing charges (APCs) and book chapter charges/book processing charges (BCC/BPC) in fully open access journals and books. Funds are awarded to eligible authors/creators on a first-come first-served basis, and funds last until expended in a given fiscal year. Learn more about APCs/BPCs. We only approve submissions that are for $3,000 or less per article/book/book chapter.
Eligibility Requirements
Authors
- PSU faculty who are the sole or lead author or corresponding author of the work are eligible to receive funds.
- Works written by postdoctoral and graduate student sole, lead, primary, or corresponding authors will be accepted as long as the work is supported by the department or student advisor. For postdoctoral and graduate students, we will extend this privilege for up to six months post graduation/employment.
- Research must be unfunded, or funded under the amount of $15,000. For example, grants that allow payment of APCs for funded research are ineligible.
- If you are an adjunct faculty member, please apply for support from the Faculty Education Fund provided through the PSUFA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Articles/Chapters
- Upon award, documentation of article/chapter submission must occur within 4 weeks in order to retain funding.
- Authors must include the following statement of acknowledgment: “This article’s(chapter’s) publication was funded by the Portland State University Open Access Article Processing Charge Fund, administered by the Portland State University Library.”
- Authors agree to deposit a final published version of the article into the institutional repository, PDXScholar, for long-term preservation and collocation with other author, department, college, and university scholarship.
Journals/Books
- Funded articles/chapters must be published in fully open access journals or books, with articles publicly available at the time of publication.
- Journals and Books must have their fee schedule publicly available online.
- Journals and Books must meet the following criteria:
- The publisher is compliant with the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association’s Code of Conduct.
- The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the book is listed in Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) or meets DOAJ/DOAB selection criteria.
- Hybrid journals and books are ineligible (journals/books that charge subscriptions or payment and also enable specific articles/chapters to be made Open Access via author payment). Compliance will be confirmed as part of the application review.
The availability of open access scholarship from faculty and students is through our platform, PDXScholar. For questions regarding content available in PDXScholar, contact the digital initiatives team at pdxscholar@pdx.edu.
