Open Access & Scholarly Communications

Through our license agreements with Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), Lakehead is able to offer discounts on article processing charges (APCs) with a number of journal publishers.  

To obtain a discount, at the time of manuscript submission to the journal, you will need to indicate that you are affiliated with Lakehead University and that you want to publish your article as open access. An article processing charge discount will then be applied. In some cases, the discount will cover the full article processing charges. Most publishers are unable to offer refunds after you have paid an APC invoice. 

The information provided on the Publishing Article Processing Charge (APC) Discounts page will help you determine if the journal you would like to publish in is eligible for an article processing charge discount.

Contact your Liaison Librarian or the Scholarly Communications Librarian for assistance.