Oxford University Press

100% discount for article processing charges (APCs)

Entitled Authors

Corresponding authors who are students, faculty, researchers or staff of any institute of higher education or non-profit research institute within Qatar.

Journal Coverage

The agreement covers open access journals and hybrid journals. 
Click here for journals covered by the agreement. 

A research article, review article, brief report, or case report in each case:

• written by an eligible author;
• accepted for publication in an eligible journal;
• received for production during the period between 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024.

Step 1
Once your paper has been accepted for publication, as the corresponding author you will receive an email with a link to OUP’s online licensing and payment system.

Step 2
Log in to sign your license to publish and choose "Open Access License". [Please note, you will be asked to confirm that you will pay the open access charge but you will not need to pay the charge provided that your eligibility is confirmed by the institution. We recommend you check eligibility with your institution before choosing the "Open Access License".]

Step 3 
Proceed to payment and select ‘Qatari Institutions (Qatar National Library Affiliated) from the dropdown list of institutions beneath ‘Open Access Prepayment Account’ on the Article Charges page.

Check the ‘Refer Charge?’ box next to the Open Access charge, and then click ‘Refer Charges’ at the bottom of the page.

Provide the information requested on the ‘Confirm Address’ page and complete the request. You will receive an email confirming that your request has been sent.

Your request will be reviewed to verify that you are eligible.
You will need to arrange payment separately for any other charges applicable to your article, i.e. page or color charges.

Step 4
You will receive an email when the verification process is complete and the open access charge has been paid. 

If your request is not approved, you will need to arrange payment of the open access charge via another method, either credit/debit card or invoice.

Please direct any queries regarding use of these funds to [email protected].

Acknowledgment

Authors should duly acknowledge QNL funding in the published article, using the following standard statement:

Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.