2025-10-24

In the case that an NAOJ faculty member, research fellow, or SOKENDAI graduate student acting as the Responsible Corresponding Author (RCA) submits to a Hybrid or Full Gold Open Access journal published by Wiley, a limited number of free waivers for the Article Publication Charges (APC) are available.

in detail

• Eligible Authors :
  NAOJ faculty member, research fellow, or SOKENDAI graduate student
• Articles :
  Articles that the authors noted above is the Responsible Corresponding Author（RCA）and accepted by the Wiley journal.
• List of Eligible Journals :
  Available via the “fully open access” and “hybrid journal” links on the Wiley Author Services page.
• Number of articles with free Article Publishing Charge :
  46 (first-come and first-served)
• Term :
  Accepted between January 1, 2025 and Decemter 31, 2025
• Step :
  [Author] Application (on the acceptance of the paper)
  ↓
  [Author] Register at the Author Service System. Use the email address issued by NAOJ and select NAOJ as your primary affiliation.
  ↓
  [Hayama headquarter] Decision of approval or denial.(check of the author’s institution)

For detailed instructions, please refer to the "Open Access Publishing Workflow" below.

Open Access Publishing Workflow (for Hybrid journals)

Open Access Publishing Workflow (for Full Gold journals)

For other publication cost subsidies, please see the announcement from the NAOJ Publication Committee.