Open Access Toolkit

CRKN - which licenses many of or collections - has a growing list Transformative Agreements with publishers.

• Some publishers (Sage and Cambridge) will not charge Article Processing Fees (APCs) - with a few exclusion in the case of Sage Titles .  As part of these agreements we also gain access to their publications 
• Other publishers offer a discount on Article Processing Fees for authors - in addition to access to their publications.  
  These agreements typically ask an author to request Open Access and ask for your institutional affiliation.  

Among the list of Discounted article Processing Charges (APCs) are:

• Elsevier Publishing with 20% discount for most hybrid or gold open access journals. To see list of included and excluded titles click here. 
• Royal Society of Chemistry worth  a 15% discount for all RSC hybrid journals. 
• Taylor and Francis with a 25% discount in T&F Open Select Hybrid Journals.    To learn more about their Open Select Publications click here.  

Brandon University will have license with some of the publishers, with whom, CRKN has agreements.  

To learn more about the growing list of agreements consult CRKN-Negotiated APC Discounts