Effective January 1, 2025, the University of California (UC) and the open access publisher Copernicus Publications entered into a 1-year agreement that provides financial support to UC corresponding authors who publish open access in Copernicus journals. Authors at all ten UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are eligible for this support.

The UC Libraries will cover 50% of the open access publishing fees, also known as article processing charges (APCs), for UC corresponding authors who publish in 21 Copernicus journals. 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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Which Copernicus journals are included in this agreement?

Article Payment Process

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Resources

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