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Published on July 3, 2024– Updated on February 20, 2026

Publication costs - APC

As part of negotiations conducted by the Couperin consortium, the Service Commun de la Documentation has taken out subscription licenses that include full or partial coverage of publication fees, or APCs (Article Processing Charges), for members of CY Cergy Paris University.

List of titles fully covered by the university library.
List of titles covered at 10% by the university library.

List of agreements allowing you, as a CYU member, to benefit from these discounts on APCs.

Publisher Date of agreement Type of agreement Automatic cost reduction managment Documents to consult
EDP Sciences 2022-2026 Open access publication without APCs in 30 journals.

Agreement negociated as part of the Scientific Publishing Support Plan aimed at facilitating online access to a greater number of journals.		 Automatic management based on the author"s affiliation address. Page Couperin of the agreement                
Elsevier 2024-2027 Coverage of 11 400 articles published in journals from the Complete Freedom Collection and BMF in 2026.

The Lancet and Cell Press journals are excluded from the agreement.		 Authors exercise their rights to immediate open access publication via the Elsevier Author Workflow. Couperin page of the agreement

APC prize for ineligible journals
Springer revues 2024-2026 Limited coverage of articles :

- National annual quota of articles (471 in 2026)

- Only articles published in hybrid journals at the time of signing the agreement are covered

Publishing rights reopened at the beginning of the year.

In 2025, the rights stock was exhausted on September 16.		 Authors exercise their rights to immediate open access publication via the Springer Author Workflow. Couperin page of the agreement

APC rates for hybrid journals in 2026 

APC rates for full OA journals in 2026
Wiley 2026-2028 Coverage of an unlimited number of articles published in hybrid journals.

Coverage of 10% of the publication costs for articles in Gold Open Access journals.		 Authors exercise their immediate open access publishing rights via Wiley Author Workflow :

- Hybrid journals

- Gold OA journals		 Couperin page of the agreement


 

What is an APC and what is it used for ?

APCs (Article Processing Charges) are publication fees. They allow the author of a scientific article to publish it in open access, so that the entire text is freely accessible to all readers.
PCAs are paid for by the author or, more often, by the institution to which the author belongs. The economic model is therefore one of "author pays"
Two types of scientific journals may offer payment of APCs :

  • Hybrid journal, which present both subscription and open access articles. In this type of journals, APC are optional, with the author always having the possibility of opting for traditional publication by paid subscription.
  • Journals that are fully open access : APCs are often complusory. Certain additional charges (for colour figures or extra pages) do not fall within the scope of APCs. These only concern the possibility for authors to publish in open access.

Open access publishing

It is possible to avoid paying APCs by opting for a self-archiving platform, whatever the version of the article: preprint (before peer review), postprint (after peer review), or publisher's version (depending on the publisher's policy). This practice can increase the visibility of an article while protecting copyright. This is the ‘green way’ of open access.

It is also possible to choose a journal whose editorial costs are covered by public institutional funding. This is the ‘diamond route’ of open access.

Finally, it is possible to opt for a journal that requires payment of APC, in order to publish a scientific article in open access and in full text. This is the ‘golden path’ of open access.

Do I have to pay the APC to publish in open access ?

Not necessary. It is perfectly possible to publish in open access without having to pay publication fees. To do this, we invite you to look for journals that do not require an APC :

 

The golden way or gold open access

It applies to journals and books that are open access by default, as soon as they are published. To find out more, click here