Open Publishing

If you intend to publish your research findings, consider including publishing costs in your extramural project budget. Publishing costs are an allowable direct cost, unless explicitly listed in the funder's RFA/RFP as an unallowable expense.

The open access publishing fee, also known as an article processing charge (APC), varies by journal. To make the most accurate estimate:

1. Consider where you anticipate submitting your research for publication, and
2. Look up the APC on the journal's website.
3. If you do not know yet where you will publish, $3,000 per article is a reasonable estimate.

The Texas State University Libraries is committed to making it easier and more affordable for TXST authors to publish open access.

The University Libraries negotiate agreements with scholarly journal publishers to reduce the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access. Most agreements offer up to full coverage of the open access fees; others offer a discount. 

Not all publishers, or open access journals, charge a fee to publish an article open access.

Use our Open Journal Finder to search or browse for journals by title, subject area, publisher, or even citedness to find places to publish your research. Open Journal Finder shows your expected cost, whether completely covered or a percentage discount from the main price, for journals where publishing is supported by the University Libraries.

Open Journal Finder only lists journals that the Libraries support through open publishing agreements. There are many more open journals in the publishing world that have not been listed here. We have chosen to focus on the supported journals for now.

You can find more information about these negotiated agreements, organized by publisher, on this FAQ page.

The Texas State University Libraries provides open journal hosting services to all TXST faculty, staff, and students. Journals are published using Open Journals System (OJS), an open-source editorial management and publishing system. OJS provides a professional online presence and can be used to manage some or all of the stages of the journal publishing process: submissions, peer review, the editorial process, online publishing, and indexing. Articles are licensed for reuse using a Creative Commons license