Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California (UC) and the open access publisher Copernicus Publications entered into a 1-year open access agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in Copernicus journals. The new agreement with Copernicus expands UC’s partnerships with native open access publishers and advances the university’s efforts to empower more of its authors to share their research freely with the world.

Under the agreement, the UC Libraries will automatically cover 50% of the open access fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), for all UC corresponding authors who choose to publish in one of 26 journals included in the agreement. 

Many institutional open access agreements have so far focused on subscription publishers that are transitioning to open access. UC believes that these types of agreements can and should include native open access publishers such as Copernicus, as they are already aligned with current and emerging open access policies and mandates, as well as UC’s guidelines for open access publisher agreements. UC seeks to partner with publishers of all types, sizes and disciplines to jointly advance a worldwide transition to open access across the scholarly publishing landscape.

See our FAQ on the Copernicus agreement for more details.

If you have questions, please contact your UC campus library:

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