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VIVA: APC Discounts

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VIVA Discounts on Article Publication Charges (APCs) for Open Access Journals

Publisher/Publication Open Access Discount Discount Based On  Qualifying VIVA Institutions Notes
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Varies The individual institution's subscription holdings Public Institutions and Subscribing Private Institutions To receive these savings, authors should submit their institution's AAAS number upon acceptance of their manuscript. The AAAS number and level of savings for VIVA institutions can be found here.
American Chemical Society (ACS): https://acsopenscience.org/researchers/OA-pricing/ and https://acsopenscience.org/acs-sponsored-oa-for-pui/ $250 off of APC, not including ACS Omega APCs; OA costs covered for primarily undergraduate institutions Institutions that subscribe to the ACS "All Pubs" package All public institutions and private schools that opt in for the "All Pubs" package receive the discount; primarily undergraduate institutions with this package have OA costs covered When authors submit their works through the ACS authorship system, they are prompted to respond whether they are affiliated with an "All Pubs" ACS institution.  Their responses are then vetted against the active ACS list.
Association for Computing Machinery 100% Institutions that participate in the ACM VIVA Agreement Please see the ACM Agreement page for a full list of participating institutions. Authors are identified through their email domain, so they should use their institutional email addresses when submitting manuscripts.
Cambridge University Press 100% Institutions that participate in the CUP VIVA Agreement Please see the CUP Agreement page for a full list of participating institutions. Authors are identified through a variety of data points, including email domain, ROR ID, and Grid ID.
Institute of Physics 100% Institutions that participate in the IOP VIVA Agreement Please see the IOP Agreement page for a full list of participating institutions. Authors are identified through affiliation as entered through the manuscript submission process.
International Water Association 100% All VIVA institutions. All VIVA institutions. Please see the IWA Agreement page for additional information. Authors are identified through a variety of data points, including email domain, ROR ID, and Grid ID.
Rockefeller University Press 100% Institutions that participate in the RUP VIVA Agreement Please see the RUP Agreement page for a full list of participating institutions. Authors are identified through institution's ROR ID during the publication process.
Wiley 100% covered for fully Gold Open Access Journals; 100% covered for hybrid while funds are available Institutions that participate in the Wiley VIVA Agreement Please see Wiley FAQ page for a full list of participating institutions Any researcher at a participating VIVA institution may use these funds, regardless of rank. Funding is distributed on a first come first serve basis. More information can be found here.