OA support at the UHK

Open Access support APC

The UHK is part of the CzechElib project. Within the framework of this project, it can draw free tokens that allow Open Access publishing (hereinafter referred to as the OA) without the Article Processing Charges (hereinafter referred to as the APC). 

 

For 2026, the UHK has obtained the following numbers of free tokens for publishing in OA mode with the following publishers: 

Publisher

Annual number of tokens 
ACM Open Unlimited 
De Gruyter Read and Publish 2
Sage Read and Publish – deep discount* Unlimited 
ScienceDirect journals 16
Springer Compact 6
Taylor and Francis Read and Publish 6
Wiley Read and Publish 8

 *The APC in a fully OA title should have a 20% discount. Eligible journals are listed in the Informative List of Journals with free/reduced OA publishing on the CzechELib website. 

  

Conditions for the use of free UHK tokens for publishing in the OA mode: 

  • The author must publish under the UHK affiliation; 
  • The use of the free token must be approved by the Vice-Rector for Science and Creative Activities and the relevant Vice-Dean for R&D. 

 

Procedure for using free UHK tokens for publishing in the OA mode: 

 

  • With the publisher ACM Open, token numbers are unlimited; therefore, their use is not subject to approval by UHK. The process is based on recognition of the author’s affiliation through the use of an institutional email address. 

  • With the publisher SAGE, token numbers are unlimited for hybrid journals. The process is based on recognition of the author’s affiliation through the use of an institutional email address. The APC for fully Open Access titles should be discounted by 20%. If the corresponding author does not sign the open access licence within 14 days, the eligible article will be published only in the traditional subscription format, not as Open Access. 

  • With the publisher Taylor & Francis, you may express interest in publishing in hybrid journals in Open Access mode at the moment the article is accepted for publication. The publisher will then inform you that, if you decide to publish in OA, the APC for your article may be covered by the Transformative Agreement. You confirm this decision when completing the Author Publishing Agreement. Approval by UHK will then follow. If UHK rejects your request, you will receive an email from the publisher informing you that the token for free publication has not been granted, along with a proposal of alternative funding options. The number of tokens is limited. We recommend discussing the possibility of using a token internally at your faculty in advance. 

  • With the publisher De Gruyter, in the case of hybrid journals you may express interest in publishing in OA mode already at the time of article submission. If your article is accepted for publication and UHK agrees to the use of a token, the article will be published in OA mode. If UHK rejects your request, you will need to pay the APC or publish in the traditional subscription model (paid access on the publisher’s/journal’s website). De Gruyter also offers a 20% APC discount for Gold OA journals. Once tokens are exhausted, the 20% discount also applies to hybrid journals. 

  • With the publisher Wiley, you may express interest in publishing in hybrid journals in OA mode upon acceptance of the article for publication. After confirmation of affiliation and selection of a Creative Commons licence, you will be offered the option to use the Transformative Agreement to cover the article costs. Approval by UHK will then follow. If UHK rejects your request, the publisher will contact you and offer you the option to publish traditionally (the article will be behind a paywall) or to pay the APC directly if you still wish to publish in OA.

  • With the publisher Springer, the system recognises your affiliation based on your institutional email address, selection of the corresponding author, and IP address. If the affiliation is recognised, OA publication and token use will be offered automatically. More information can be found here. If you wish to publish under a subscription model, the OA approval process cannot be skipped (so-called OA default); in this case, please contact barbora.kubatova@uhk.cz in advance, the request will be rejected by UHK, and the subscription option will be enabled.

  • With the publisher ScienceDirect, the system verifies your affiliation using an institutional email address. The OA offer is sent to the author after the article is accepted for publication; the email will include a link to the so-called post-acceptance author journey, where the author must request Open Access.   

More information can be found on CzechElib

For more information about the current number of available tokens, please contact Barbora Kubátová (barbora.kubatova@uhk.cz).

 

Open Access Publishing 

Vice-Rector's Instruction No. 05/2025 

 

University Repository DSpace  

The University Repository DSpace is a central system for keeping records of publishing activities of the UHK employees and students. It is a Web open source application. The DSpace system is linked to the PBD (Personal Bibliographical Database) and reports on publishing activities that can be provided in the Open Access mode. Records are classified according to the faculty affiliation. The repository records are publicly available to all Internet users.  

Repository Login 

 

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