Publishing journey videos: How do I complete the Rights and Access form?

In case your institution does not have central funding or discount agreement, you will be shown the options to choose based on your preference.

In case your institution has an agreement with Elsevier for publishing open access at a reduced rate, upon validation, you can pay the discounted Article Publishing Charge (APC).

• Validation: Institution confirms whether you are affiliated to the institution selected during the publishing journey. Based on this, we send an invoice for a discounted APC in your name to the institution.
• Flexibility: If the institution does not validate paying the APC, then you receive an invoice for the full APC. In case you have no funding available, you can click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance, to change the publishing option to subscription, to publish free of charge within two weeks of Elsevier sending the invoice.

In case your institution has an agreement with Elsevier for publishing open access, upon validation, you can make use of the central institutional funding.

• Validation: Institution confirms whether you are affiliated to the institution selected during the publishing journey. Based on this, your institution pays the APC for open access.
• Flexibility: If the institution does not validate paying the APC, then you receive an invoice for the full APC. In case you have no funding available, you can click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance, to change the publishing option to subscription, to publish free of charge within two weeks of Elsevier sending the invoice.

In case your Society has an agreement with Elsevier for society members to publish open access at a reduced rate, upon validation, you can pay the discounted APC.

• Validation: Society will confirm whether you are a member as you specified in the publishing journey. Based on this, we will send you an invoice for a discounted APC.
• Flexibility: If the Society does not validate, then you receive an invoice for the full APC. In case you have no funding available, you can click the "Chat with us" icon at the bottom‑right for further assistance, to change the publishing option to subscription and publish free of charge within two weeks of Elsevier sending the invoice.

In case you have a voucher code to avail waiver or discount on the APC, you can apply it during the publishing journey to get a waiver or pay the discounted APC.