The Libraries currently have the following agreements to waive publishing and open
access article processing charges (APC) for LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans authors.
Contact reference@lsuhsc.edu if you have any questions about any of these agreements.
Alphabetical list of eligible journals The publisher sites listed below contain the official lists, which may change over
time. Please verify with the official source for the most up-to-date information. (updated March 2025)
Publishing Fees Waived: Unlimited Article Submissions
Publishing fees are waived and there are no limits to the number of articles that
can be submitted
- Allows publishing of accepted case reports at no additional charge
- Institutional fellowship code needed for submission
- Comes as part of Library's subscription to BMJ Case Reports
- Open access article processing charge (APC) waived
- Unlimited articles
- Information about eligible journals and article submission process
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- The Library will mediate waiver of the open access fee after article acceptance
- Library pays an annual fee in addition to ACS journals subscriptions costs
- Open access article processing charge (APC) waived
- Unlimited articles
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- Information about the publishing agreement and article submissions
- Library has negotiated a two-year cost neutral agreement
Publishing Fees Waived: Limited Article Submissions
Open access publishing fees are waived, but there is an annual limit to the number
of articles eligible for fee waivers
- Open access article processing charge (APC) waived
- Limited to 29 articles per year for 2025-2027
- Elsevier's process for open access publishing under this agreement is available here
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- Search/browse journals eligible for fee waiver
- Fully open access journals are not eligible
- Not all of the Library's subscribed journals are eligible (e.g. Cell Press, Clinics
of North America, The Lancet, etc.)
- Library approves waiver of open access fee after article is accepted for publication
- Library pays an annual fee in addition to journal subscriptions costs
Subscribe to Open Agreements
Publisher determines open access status of journals; open access fee waiver may not
be guaranteed and additional charges may apply
- Open access article processing charge (APC) waived
- No cap on number of published articles
- Author is responsible for page and supplemental materials fees
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- Available as part of the Library's subscription to the ASM All Inclusive Journals
Collection
- Eligible journals:
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Infection and Immunity
- Journal of Bacteriology
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Journal of Virology
- Open access article processing charge (APC) waived
- No cap on number of published articles
- Author is responsible for APS Flat Fee
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- Available as part of the Library's subscription to the APS Journals Digital Library
- Eligible journals:
- American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
- American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
- American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
- American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
- Journal of Applied Physiology
- Journal of Neurophysiology
- Physiological Genomics
- Invited articles only
- Corresponding author must be from LSUHSC-NO and provide lsuhsc.edu email account when
submitting article
- Available for Library's subscribed Annual Reviews titles
- Eligible journals:
- Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry
- Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
- Annual Review of Biochemistry
- Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
- Annual Review of Biophysics
- Annual Review of Cancer Biology
- Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
- Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
- Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
- Annual Review of Genetics
- Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics
- Annual Review of Immunology
- Annual Review of Medicine
- Annual Review of Microbiology
- Annual Review of Neuroscience
- Annual Review of Nutrition
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Annual Review of Physiology
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Annual Review of Psychology
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Annual Review of Statistics and its Application
- Annual Review of Virology
- Annual Review of Vision Science
- Institutional support thresholds met
- No author-facing fees for 2025 to publish in the following journals:
- Biochemical Journal
- Biochemical Society Transactions
- Clinical Science
- Emerging Topics in Life Sciences
- Essays in Biochemistry
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