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Open Access: Open Access Fee Discounts for Mount Sinai Authors
Open Access Publishing Options for Mount Sinai Authors
The Levy Library has arranged no cost and discounted options for Mount Sinai authors to publish your work as "Open Access.” Within these journals, Mount Sinai corresponding authors of articles accepted for publication within the dates of our agreements will pay lower or no article processing charges (APCs) to make it free for everyone to read your research. See the box for each publisher for details. If you have questions, contact us.
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) No-Cost Agreement
The ACM no-cost publishing agreement includes the following terms:
- Unlimited full text access to the ACM Digital Library
- No-cost open access article publication in any ACM journal for Mount Sinai corresponding authors
- Applies to articles accepted between August 1, 2023 and July 31, 2028
For more detailed information on ACM's transformative publishing model, visit ACM OPEN.
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Discount Agreement
The ASM discount publishing agreement includes the following terms
- Mount Sinai corresponding authors do not pay article processing fees (APCs) in the following 6 journals. Note that this does not include ASM open access journals such as mBio.:
- 25% discounted page charges and supplemental fees (refer to table below) for authors at subscribing institutions; 63% discount for authors at subscribing institutions who are also ASM members.
Discounted 2025 ASM Publishing Fees Fee Type ASM Member Non-ASM Member Article Processing Charge (APC) $0 $0 Charge per page $79 $158 Supplemental Material Fee (flat fee) $180 $278 - Applies to articles accepted between January 1 and December 31, 2025
BioMed Central (BMC) Discount Agreement
Mount Sinai authors receive a 15% discount when publishing in BioMed Central.
BMJ Case Reports No-Cost Traditional Model Agreement
BMJ Case Reports offers two distinct publishing model deals for Mount Sinai authors:
- Traditional Publishing Model: No charge
- Open Access Publishing Model: 25% discount
Mount Sinai authors must use the institutional discount code when submitting a publication.
BMJ Open Quality No Cost Agreement
The BMJ Open Quality no-cost publishing agreement is a 3-year pilot that includes the following terms:
- No-cost open access article publication in BMJ Open Quality for Mount Sinai corresponding authors
- Applies to articles accepted between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2028
Mount Sinai authors must use the institutional discount code when submitting a publication.
Company of Biologists No-Cost Agreement
The Company of Biologists no-cost publication agreement includes the following terms:
- Unlimited full text access to all hybrid subscription journals for the Mount Sinai community
- No-cost open access publishing for Mount Sinai authors in the following journals:
- Applies to articles accepted between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026
Microbiology Society No-Cost Agreement
The Microbiology Society no-cost publishing agreement includes the following terms:
- No-cost open access publishing for Mount Sinai corresponding authors in the following journals:
- Applies to articles accepted between January 1 and December 31, 2025
SpringerOpen Discount Agreement
Mount Sinai authors receive a 15% discount when publishing in the SpringerOpen portfolio of journals.
Open Access Publishing Guidance and Feedback
Your Feedback on Mount Sinai’s Open Access Approach Welcome!
Your comments and questions on these open access publishing discounts are welcome. The no-cost agreements and discounts that the Levy Library has negotiated reflect partnerships with publishers who offer models that are cost-neutral or a flat additional cost to our subscriptions. These allow budget predictability and inclusivity for any corresponding author in the Mount Sinai community to receive a discount if their article is accepted. The Levy Library does not have funds to negotiate or pay publishers that bill an article processing charge (APC) for each accepted paper. You may be co-authors with collaborators at other institutions who have these types of agreements with other publishers. A discussion among your authorship team about institutional discounts may yield insights that inform your decision about the corresponding author role.
Each summer as the Library budgets for renewing your journal subscriptions, we talk with publishers about their pricing models for open access discounts and “read and publish” agreements. Most agreements would require a much larger financial investment from Mount Sinai than the current subscription cost. We welcome conversations with authors on how Mount Sinai's investment in open access publishing could be coordinated to make publishing costs sustainable for all of Mount Sinai.
If you would like to learn more about open access publishing, please visit our Scholarly Publishing guide or request a consultation with a librarian.