Open Access Article Processing Charge Subsidy Service
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Knowledge Services Division |
(886)6-2757575 Ext. 65787 | 
The purpose of service
- The purpose of the service is to encourage researchers to publish articles via open access journals, which accelerates the academic development and enhances international visibility. NCKU Library provides several open access journals article processing charge (APC) discounts and subsidy services for researchers.
Notice：
- Please check the journal quality by yourself before submission, to avoid predatory journal.
- If there is Institutional Policy about submission, please ask your institute and check it before submission. For example Institutional Policy about College of Medicine
Service
| # | Subside/Discount (sorted by alphabet) | Publishing | APC Discount |
| 1 | NCKU Library OA Subsidy | All publishiers are included | NTD 30,000/50,000 |
| 2 | ACS OA APC Discount | American Chemical Society(ACS) | Free |
| 3 | BMC OA APC Discount | BioMed Central、SpringerOpen | 15% off |
| 4 | Cambridge OA APC Discout (Mathematics Area) |
Cambridge University Press | Free |
| 5 | Elsevier OA APC Discount (★2026New!) | Elsevier | 15% off |
| 6 | IEEE OA APC Discount | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) | Fully OA APC US$ 1,728 Hybrid APC US$ 2,240 |
| 7 | IOP OA APC Discount | Institute of Physics (IOP Publishing) | Free |
| 8 | PNAS Immediate OA APC Discount | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(PNAS) | APC discount |
| 9 | RSC OA APC Discount | Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC) | Free/15% off |
| 10 | RUP OA APC Discount | Rockefeller University Press(RUP) | Free |
| 11 | Springer Nature OA APC Discount (★2026New!) | Springer Nature | Free |