Waseda University has concluded a contract of Publish & Read with Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) since 2023. With this contract, Corresponding Author can publish Open Access (OA) in RSC journals without Open Access publication charge. Please refer to the following for details such as conditions of APC waiver.
Please note that a person who is eligible for APC waiver is different from one eligible for other on-campus programs such as the “Support for Academic Paper Publication”.
The below contents are subject to change. Please check the following information before submitting your articles.
- Publish & Read Contract Period: – December 31, 2023
- APC Discount Rate: 100%
- Number of APC Waiver [Waseda University]: 15 articles per year (Frames are on a first-come, first-served basis. If the limit is reached, a 15% APC discount will be applied starting with the 16th articles.)
- Eligible Journals*1: Please check the “Hybrid journals” in the “Journal List” on the RSC website.
- Eligible Articles: Article which corresponding author who register the designated Waseda email submit through the prescribed procedure. (Limited to Hybrid OA publications)
Waseda emails designated for APC waiver have one of the following domains: waseda.jp, aoni.waseda.jp, akane.waseda.jp, asagi.waseda.jp, fuji.waseda.jp, moegi.waseda.jp, ruri.waseda.jp, suou.waseda.jp, toki.waseda.jp
- APC Waiver Workflow*2:
1) After the article is accepted, RSC will notify the corresponding author of the OA publication on the system or by e-mail.
2) The corresponding author chooses OA publication and APC waiver.
*1 You need to check the eligible journals before submitting because journals could be updated at any time.
*2 Please make sure to check an individual account setting on the platform that each journal specifies. You may be ineligible for APC waiver if you do not register a Waseda email with one of the domains above for Primary Email Address.
Contact
Royal Society of Chemistry
Email: shibatak★rsc.org
Waseda University
Science & Engineering Library
Email: rikotosho-sennin★list.waseda.jp
*Please replace （★） with @ when sending mail.
