UCSC authors may now receive 50% of the open access fees covered by the UC Libraries through the new publishing agreement with Copernicus. This agreement is for one year (the 2025 calendar year).

The Copernicus journals covered by this agreement are the ones that charge flat article processing fees (APCs) per article. There are 26 such journals, and authors may look up journals in the Journal Open Access Look-up Tool to see whether they are covered. Articles must be original research. The corresponding author must be affiliated with UCSC (or another UC campus).

More details are available in the frequently asked questions about our Copernicus agreement.

Background
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.

If you have any questions about publishing with Copernicus, please reach out to the University Library at research@library.ucsc.edu.