Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California (UC) and the open access publisher American Society for Microbiology (ASM) entered into a 3-year agreement that provides financial support to UC corresponding authors who publish in ASM’s 6 primary research subscription-based ASM journals. Authors at all ten UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are eligible for this support.

The agreement covers the full amount of the open access publishing fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), for UC corresponding authors who publish in ASM journals. Authors are also eligible for discounts on standard page charges and supplemental material fees.

This agreement has two goals: (1) to support UC’s mission as a public university by making more UC-authored publications open to the world, and (2) to make it easier and more affordable for UC authors to publish open access.

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Agreement Basics

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Impact for Authors

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Article Payment Process

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Resources

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