Open Access
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1. EPJ journals following Springer open access policies
1.1. Hybrid journals (copublished with EDP Sciences and Società Italiana di Fisica) with article publication charges
European Physical Journal A (EPJ A)
European Physical Journal B (EPJ B)
European Physical Journal D (EPJ D)
European Physical Journal E (EPJ E)
European Physical Journal Special Topics (EPJ ST)
European Physical Journal H (EPJ H)
European Physical Journal Plus (EPJ Plus)
La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (RNC)
1.1.1 Open Access (OA) Agreements: Many institutions cover researchers’ OA publishing costs (known as article processing charges, or APCs) as part of OA agreements with Springer Nature.
If the CORRESPONDING author is affiliated to an institute that has an Open Access agreement with Springer, the OA publication - if verified - is paid by the agreement partner. All OA agreements are listed with more details here. Eligibility will be automatically verified when the corresponding author is requested to complete the relevant affiliation information after acceptance of the paper during the production process. Corresponding authors not affiliated to institutes with Open Access Agreements are redirected to proceed with “Please select your publishing model” and have to decide between paying the current Open Access fee (for details see "Open Access Fee and Funding" on the journal website and 1.1.2 Open Choice Programme) or choosing the subscription option without any publication charges (see 1.1.4 Subscription Option).
1.1.2 Open Choice Programme: If the Open Access fee is not covered by an Open Access (OA) Agreement, corresponding authors who want to publish Open Access can order Open Choice and will receive an invoice for the current Open Access fee (for details see "Open Access Fee and Funding" on the individual journal websites and Open Choice Programme)
1.1.3 Further information for authors seeking support in funding open access publication charges can be found here.
1.1.4 Subscription Option: Authors not affiliated to an institute with an Open Access (OA) Agreement who do not want to publish and pay for Open Access, can choose the subscription option without any publication charges when selecting the publishing model during the publishing process.
1.2. Fully sponsored OA journal
European Physical Journal C (EPJ C) funded by SCOAP3.
1.3. Fully OA journals with article publication charges
EPJ Quantum Technology (EPJ QT)
EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation (EPJ TI)
2. Journals following EDP Sciences open access policies
2.1 Hybrid journal with article publication charges
European Physical Journal Applied Physics (EPJ AP)
2.1.1. Transformative Read and Publish agreements
2.2. Fully OA journals with article publication charges
EPJ Applied Metamaterials (EPJ AM)