APC funding

In addition to the APC fund, LTL has Read & Publish agreements with some publishers where we automatically cover APCs for Lincoln authors during 2024. The option is available on selected journals at:

• Cambridge University Press [see included titles]
• CSIRO [all titles]
• Elsevier [see included titles - note Elsevier's eligible titles change through the year so this list may not be up to date. The offer is capped and may expire earlier]
• Oxford University Press [see included titles] - note offer is capped and may expire earlier
• Sage [see included titles]
• Springer Nature [see included titles - note offer is capped and may expire earlier]
• Taylor & Francis [see included titles - note offer is capped and may expire earlier]
• Wiley and Hindawi [see included titles - note offer is capped and may expire earlier]

Estimated expiry dates for the capped offers are available but note these may continue to change depending on demand at Lincoln and other participating institutions.

Lincoln University authors are invited to apply for APC funding at the submission stage of the publishing process. Note that the fund cannot accept applications made after the paper has been accepted.

Funding Available

• The fund will pay up to NZD $3,500 for a single article.
• If the APC costs more than this, the fund will contribute NZD $3,500 as partial payment.

Authors

• The lead author must be a current Lincoln University staff member or postgraduate student, so the published affiliation can be assigned to Lincoln University.
• The corresponding author must also be a current Lincoln University member. Also, please ensure that the publisher’s invoice is addressed to them as a Lincoln University affiliate and clearly states the currency. LTL will need a copy of this invoice in order to pay it.
• Where there are external co-authors on the paper, or where the lead author has visitor status, the paper must have more LU authors than external authors to demonstrate that the research is being led by Lincoln University.

The journal

The journal you are submitting your paper to must be reputable:

• The journal should be peer-reviewed or have a recognised editorial process.
• The journal should have a suitable quality rating and be included in at least one of:
  • Scopus
  • Web of Science
  • DOAJ

The paper

• Open access: A Creative Commons licence must be applied to the paper and it must not be embargoed or have delayed open access conditions.
• Funding acknowledgement: Your paper should include a statement acknowledging Lincoln University Open Access Fund as funding or part-funding its publication.
• Data availability statement: Your paper should include a statement advising of one of the following options, in order of preference:
  • Where the data have been, or will be, openly published (we encourage authors to publish their data at Data@Lincoln if they don’t have a preferred data repository); or
  • Where/who the data can be requested from; or
  • If the data is unavailable due to commercial, ethical, or cultural reasons; or
  • If no data was involved in the preparation of the paper.

Other responsibilities if funding is approved

• Inform the APC Assessment Team of publication and supply the invoice for payment.
• Deposit the final PDF version of your publication into Research@Lincoln via Elements.
• Provide us with a brief non-expert summary of the publication (3-5 sentences), plus a copyright cleared image that represents your research to help us promote your paper on research platforms and in professional media.