Thanks to UPCE's participation in several consortia for electronic information resource subscriptions (CzechELib), authors from our university have the opportunity to receive benefits when publishing articles in the hybrid and Gold OA journals of the following publishers*:
| Consortium (Publisher) | Number of alocated tokens | Tokens currently used/tokens left | Lists of eligible journals | Details |
| ACS | No limitations | No limitations | Gold OA and hybrid journals | Instructions for authors |
| Elsevier | 24 | 3/21* | Hybrid journals (core hybrid), excluding Gold and Cell Press titles | Instructions for authors |
| IOPscience | No limitations | No limitations | Gold OA and hybrid journals (with following exceptions) | Instructions for authors |
| RSC | No limitations | No limitations | Gold OA and hybrid journals | Instructions for authors |
| Springer | 9 | 1/8* | Hybrid journals (excluding BioMed Central, Springer Open, Scientific Reports, Nature Communications) | Instructions for authors |
| Wiley | 21 | 21/21* | Hybrid journals | Instructions for authors |
| *Number of currently used tokens/tokens left: updated February 10, 2026. | ||||
Baseline conditions:
- For corresponding authors with UPCE affiliation only,
- The corresponding author must use a university email address (name.surname@upce.cz).
Further conditions are specified in the Methodology for token allocation 2026 below.
| Files for download | Size |
|---|---|
| UPCE methodology for token allocation 2026 - pdf | 113 kB |
| List of all eligible journals (including filtering by institution, publisher, and OA type) - soubor | 12.11 MB |
If you have any questions, please contact:
UPCE APC token administrator
Rectorate and University Units
veronika.kolinova@upce.cz
466 036 536
