Announcement

The University Library is currently providing an Article Processing Charge (APC) support program, under which authors can publish their articles as Open Access for a fixed fee of 100,000 JPY when submitting to three publishers covered by transformative agreements.
Support for Wiley Fully Open Access journals and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) journals has ended because all 2026 Open Access publishing allocations have been exhausted.
Open Access publishing allocations are still available for Wiley Hybrid journals and Elsevier Hybrid journals.
(Last updated: Oct. 6, 2026)

■ Termination of APC Support for RSC Journals (Oct. 6,2026)

All OA publishing quota for 2026 have been fully used up, so support RSC journals has ended.

■ Termination of APC Support for Wiley Full OA Journals (Jun. 5,2026)

Due to a rapid increase in submissions to Wiley’s Full Open Access journals, the OA publishing allocation for 2026 was fully used up of the end of May. 

Manuscripts submitted on or before June 10, 2026 (Wed)>
　→ Eligible for APC support (author pays 100,000 JPY)

Manuscripts submitted on or after June 11, 2026 (Thu)
　→ Not eligible for support (authors are responsible for the full APC)

※Until the end of June, a message will be displayed at the time of submission indicating that APC support is available for authors affiliated with our university; however, please note that submissions made on certain dates may not be eligible for support.

■ APC Support for Other Journals

The following journals are still eligible for APC support, and allocations are currently available:
・Wiley hybrid journals
・Elsevier hybrid journals
Please refer to the APC support information for further details.

However, please note that the number of articles eligible for support is limited, and the program may be terminated depending on future usage.
We will also announce the details of the 2027 program as soon as they are finalized.

We sincerely apologize for this sudden announcement and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation.  

【Contact】 Electronic Resource Management Section,
Electronic Resource Management Division,
Kyushu University Library
E-mail:oalib[at]jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp