Institutional Open Access Agreements

Optica Publishing Group has agreements with various institutions to cover open access Article Processing Charges (APCs) for their authors. Find out if your institution will cover your APC below.

In addition, authors from qualifying low- and middle-income countries may be eligible for a discount or waiver.

The corresponding author must have an accurate mailing address and/or eligible institution in our database for the system to apply any waiver. This is the person who submits the manuscript and will handle correspondence throughout the peer review and publication process. They will have the authority to act on behalf of all authors and the responsibility for keeping all co-authors informed as to the status of the submission, as well as being noted on the article as the primary contact for any inquiries after the paper is published. The corresponding author designation does not indicate the contribution made to the article. Contributor statements and contact information for other authors can be provided separately.

This agreement applies to the following journals: Applied Optics, Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optical Materials Express, Optics Continuum, Optics Express, and Optics Letters.

  • Dublin City University
  • National University of Ireland, Galway
  • National University of Ireland, Maynooth
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Technological University Dublin
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Cork
  • University College Dublin
  • University of Limerick

This agreement applies to the following journals: Advances in Optics and Photonics, Applied Optics, Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optical Materials Express, Optics Continuum, Optics Express, and Optics Letters.

  • Durham University
  • Heriot-Watt University
  • Imperial College London
  • The Open University
  • Queen's University Belfast
  • STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/Daresbury Laboratory
  • University College London
  • University of Bath
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Essex
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Kent
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Sheffield
  • University of Southampton
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Strathclyde

This agreement applies to the following journals: Applied Optics, Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optical Materials Express, Optics Continuum, Optics Express, and Optics Letters.

  • Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)/German Electron Synchrotron
  • Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)/German Aerospace Center
  • Leibniz Universitaet Hannover (LUH)/Leibniz University Hannover
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)/National Metrology Institute
  • Universitaet Bremen/University of Bremen
  • Universitaet Konstanz/University of Konstanz
  • Universitaet Siegen/University of Siegen
  • Universitaet Stuttgart/Stuttgart University

This agreement applies to the following journals: Biomedical Optics Express, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optical Materials Express, Optics Continuum, and Optics Express.

  • TU Delft/Delft University of Technology

This agreement applies to the following journals: Biomedical Optics Express, Optica, Optica Quantum, Optical Materials Express, Optics Continuum, and Optics Express.

  • Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich)/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich