Here's the case , For papers accepted for publication in (JES or JSS, )authors choose whether to publish their articles as open access.(ie via standard subscription mode)
All articles accepted for publication in (ECS Advances or ECS Sensors Plus) are published open access. My question is " Should I pay for journal subscription for jes Or jss for opting golden access.. Or without journal basic subscription can i publish my paper in jss Or jes..
Dear Indirajith Kanagaraj ,
The journals you mentioned are so-called hybrid journals. You can opt. for open access but when you decline this then you can publish for free. This is true for “Journal of Systems and Software” https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-systems-and-software when you click on “Guide for authors” and then click on “Open access option” for more details. It is true for “Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES)” as well. If you click here https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1945-7111 on “About the journal” you find more details.
The thing is that some journals like the two you mention still hang on to the subscription-based model where authors can publish for free, and readers normally can only read those papers when they have a subscription or the organization, they work for has a license. The hybrid model means that you can choose for open access and make your paper accessible for everybody and this requires a (hefty) fee (1785 USD for JES and 3350 USD for JSS).
As you already indicated journals like ECS advances and ECS Sensors Plus are exclusively open access, and these journals ask an APC for their financing (in both cases 1350 USD).
So, to answer your question you can publish for free (but behind a pay-wall for readers) when you decline the open access option. If you want to go for the open access option you have to pay an APC but you don't have to pay a subscription fee. If you choose for open access you should check the waiver options in order to see if you can get a discount somewhere.
Best regards.
PS. I saw that you published one paper in a ECS journal. As far as I can see this is a subscription-based journal and officially you are not allowed to make that paper publicly available. IOP has (for their subscription-based journals) a so-called green open access policy, see for more info here https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/what-is-iop-publishings-green-open-access-policy/
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