Also this year all IMC´s authors have the opportunity to publish articles in open access journals without article processing charges, with publishers ACS, RSC, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, and now also Elsevier.
Publication fees are paid by tokens (1 token covers the publication fee for 1 article). Tokens are available from most publishers in a limited number, so please check with the library (M. Máliková, E. Čechová) before submitting your article whether this option is still available. Tokens can only be used by authors with an institute affiliation, so we recommend to use the institutional e-mail for communication with the journal publisher.
Number of tokens allocated for IMC and instructions for authors here and on the CzechELib website
An overview of all journals in which OA articles can be published free of charge can be found on the CzechElib website (version 2026-v1, 27. 1. 2026). The titles in the table can be filtered by institution, publisher and OA type (for filter settings see the coloured boxes at the top, please Enable editing).
For more information on OA types, and the ways of reaching green OA, refer to our Open Science guide.
Open Access publications without APC for 2026
ACS
the current number of tokens see intranet; can be used in v hybrid and Gold OA titles (including ACS Omega and Au Journals)
publication type: Tokens can be used for publication in journals, but cannot be used for eBooks. Articles that are additions or corrections or editorials are also not eligible.
approval of accepted articles in the publisher's system - yes; please check with the library in advance
the current number of tokens see intranet; can be used in hybrid titles(Core Hybrid), NOT in Gold and Cell Press. Please note: tokens will be approved only for publications accepted in supported journals; see this list.
publication type: Case Report, Data in Brief, Full-length Article, Microarticle, Original Software Publication, Protocol, Review Article, Replication Study, Short Communication, Short Survey
approval of accepted articles in the publisher's system - yes; please check with the library in advance
the current number of tokens see intranet; can be used in all titles – hybrid and Gold OA
approval of accepted articles in the publisher's system – no; do not check with the library in advance - token usage is based on identifying the author's institutional email domain when submitting the article for peer review
the current number of tokens see intranet; can be used in hybrid titles (Springer, Adis, Palgrave, Academic journals on Nature.com)(NOT titles BioMed Central, tituly Springer Open a Scientific Reports, Nature Communications)
publication types:Original Paper (Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper nebo Research Paper), Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education
approval of accepted articles in the publisher's system - yes; please check with the library in advance
publication types: Article, Review, Research Article, Review Article, Report, Short Communication, Case Report, Note, Original Article, Guest Editorial
approval of accepted articles in the publisher's system - yes; please check with the library in advance
