I came across the Green Building and Sustainable Architecture collection under Nature Scientific Reports some weeks ago. https://www.nature.com/collections/gajghaebce
The special issue/collection is highly relevant to the manuscript I am planning to submit for consideration for publication with my co-authors. However, we do not have funding for Open Access publication.
Does anyone know if Nature Scientific Reports only publishes open access now i.e. publishing Open Access mandated by the journal now? Or there a way to publish non-open access? Or get a waiver?
After all the research is based on our industry data collected and insights gleaned from built projects over the years which we feel has valuable lessons learned for the wider industry and academia.
The authors in this manuscript are based in Singapore and the USA so we don't qualify under the Low Income Countries category article processing charge (APC) waiver either.
It feels unfair if industry authors who don't have access to university open access waivers want to publish their findings but don't have a chance to do so because of high APCs.
I have already written to journal but didn't hear back.
Any suggestions or insights will be useful. Thank you.
Nature Scientific Reports does not specifically waive the open access fee for industry authors. Waivers and discounts for article processing charges (APCs) are primarily available for authors from low-income and lower-middle-income countries or those with financial need. These requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and must be made at the point of manuscript submission.
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