Funded journal titles by the EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot

The policy guidelines for this new post-grant funding initiative state that "The FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot provides an additional instrument to improve access to research results from FP7 projects, but does not affect authors' choice on how their project publications are made Open Access". Some questions have arrived via the Pilot helpdesk asking whether this actually means that hybrid journals are supported by this funding initiative, which is of course not the case, as specifically mentioned in the guidelines. This sentence actually means the Green Open Access route always remains an alternative, i.e. depositing in cost-free Open Access repositories.

This said, questions have also been received from a number of institutions and OpenAIRE NOADs on whether the Pilot could please make available a list of eligible journals which they can point researchers at who want to have this Gold Open Access funding opportunity in mind when choosing where to submit their manuscripts. At a time when 115 funding requests have already been granted from this FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot, the sample of funded journal titles collected by the initiative has become significant enough to release the list, which is the aim of this post.

A list of journals for which more than one funding request has been approved so far was shown (slide 10) at the Pilot presentation delivered at the OpenAIRE workshop in Ghent a week ago (Nov 18th). The list is rather short, especially keeping in mind that the full list of funded journal titles presently includes 64 journals. This means there's a very long tail of journals with just one approved funding request covering many disciplines. The list of journals funded so far is shown below alphabetically sorted by journal title.

ACS Omega (ACS)
Advances in Mechanical Engineering (SAGE)
Advances in Meteorology (Hindawi)
Aging Cell (Wiley)
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON) (Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
AIP Advances (AIP)
Animals (MDPI)
Annales Geophysicae (Copernicus)
Aquaculture Reports (Elsevier)
Arthritis Research & Therapy (BioMed Central)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Copernicus)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, AMT (Copernicus)
BAOJ Psychology (BioAccent)
Biogeosciences (Copernicus)
Biology Methods and Protocols (OUP)
Biology of Sex Differences (BioMed Central)
Biology Open (Company of Biologists)
BioMed Research International (Hindawi)
Biomedical Engineering Online (BioMed Central)
Biomedical Optics Express (OSA)
BioResearch Open Access (Mary Ann Liebert)
Biotechnology for Biofuels (BioMed Central)
BMC Bioinformatics (BioMed Central)
BMC Biology (BioMed Central)
BMC Cell Biology (BioMed Central)
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (BioMed Central)
BMC Evolutionary Biology (BioMed Central)
BMC Genetics (BioMed Central)
BMC Genomics (BioMed Central)
BMC Health Services Research (BioMed Central)
BMC Implementation Science (BioMed Central)
BMC Infectious Diseases (BioMed Central)
BMC Medical Education (BioMed Central)
BMC Medical Ethics (BioMed Central)
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (BioMed Central)
BMC Medical Research Methodology (BioMed Central)
BMC Medicine (BioMed Central)
BMC Microbiology (BioMed Central)
BMC Palliative Care (BioMed Central)
BMC Plant Biology (BioMed Central)
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (BioMed Central)
BMC Psychiatry (BioMed Central)
BMC Public Health (BioMed Central)
BMC Research Notes (BioMed Central)
BMC Systems Biology (BioMed Central)
BMC Veterinary Research (BioMed Central)
BMC Zoology (BioMed Central)
BMJ Global Health (BMJ)
BMJ Open (BMJ)
Brain and Behaviour (Wiley)
Case Studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (Elsevier)
Catalysts (MDPI)
Cell Death & Disease (NPG)
Cell Reports (Cell Press)
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Elsevier)
ChemistryOpen (Wiley)
Climate of the Past (Copernicus)
Clinical Epidemiology (Dove Press)
Cogent Economics and Finance (Taylor and Francis)
Cogent Education (Taylor and Francis)
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (Hindawi)
Crystals (MDPI)
Data in Brief (Elsevier)
Design Science (Cambridge Univ Press)
Disease Models & Mechanisms (Company of Biologists)
Earth Perspectives (Springer)
Earth System Dynamics (Copernicus)
EBioMedicine (Elsevier)
ecancermedicalscience (European Institute of Oncology)
Ecology and Evolution (Wiley)
Ecology and Society (Resilience Alliance)
Ecosphere (Wiley)
Electronic Journal of e-Learning (EJEL)
eLife (HHMI/Wellcome/MPG)
EMBO Molecular Medicine (Wiley)
Energies (MDPI)
Energy, Sustainability and Society (Springer)
Energy and Emission Control Technologies (Dove Press)
eNeuro (Society for Neuroscience)
Entropy (MDPI)
Environmental Health (BioMed Central)
Environmental Research Letters (Institute of Physics)
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (Springer)
European Review of Aging and Physical Activity (BioMed Central)
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Hindawi)
Experimental and Molecular Medicine (NPG)
F1000Research (F1000Research Ltd)
Food Science and Technology (Campinas) (SBCTA)
Food Science & Nutrition (Wiley)
Forests (MDPI)
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Marine Science (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Microbiology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Microbiotechnology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Neurology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Neuroscience (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Oncology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Physiology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Psychiatry (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Psychology (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Public Health (Frontiers)
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (Frontiers)
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Genetics Society of America)
GCB Bioenergy (Wiley)
Genes & Nutrition (BioMed Central)
Genetics Selection Evolution (BioMed Central)
Genome Announcements (Am Soc Microbiol)
Genome Biology (BioMed Central)
Genome Biology and Evolution (OUP)
Geo: Geography and Environment (Wiley)
Geoscientific Model Development (Copernicus)
Global Health Action (Co-Action Publishing)
Health Research Policy and Systems (BioMed Central)
Horticultural Research (Springer)
Human Resources for Health (BioMed Central)
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Copernicus)
IEEE Access (IEEE)
IEEE Photonics (IEEE)
Implementation Science (BioMed Central)
Inside the Cell (Wiley)
International Journal for Equity in Health (BioMed Central)
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (InTech)
International Journal of Biological Sciences (Ivyspring Intl Publisher)
International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems (Atlantis Press)
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (Springer)
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (Hindawi)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Elsevier)
International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering (S&S Publications)
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (MDPI)
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology (OUP)
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (MDPI)
Italian Journal of Animal Science (Taylor and Francis)
JACC: Basic to Translational Science (JACC Journals)
JMIR Medical Informatics (JMIR Publications)
JMIR Research Protocols (JMIR Publications)
Journal of Biological Engineering (BioMed Central)
Journal of Biomedical Semantics (BioMed Central)
Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology (OMICS)
Journal of Clinical Investigation (Am Soc Clinical Investigation)
Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics (International Foundation for Research and Development, IFRD)
Journal of Diabetes Research (Hindawi)
Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Hindawi)
Journal of Functional Biomaterials (MDPI)
Journal of Glaciology (Cambridge Univ Press)
Journal of Hematology & Oncology (BioMed Central)
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR Publications)
Journal of Nanobiotechnology (BioMed Central)
Journal of Nanomaterials (Hindawi)
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (BioMed Central)
Journal of Neuroinflammation (BioMed Central)
Journal of Sensors (Hindawi)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Institute of Physics)
Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications (Springer)
Journal of Translational Medicine (BioMed Central)
Journal of Transportation Technologies (SCIRP)
Journal of Vision (ARVO)
Light: Science & Applications (NPG)
Malaria Journal (BioMed Central)
Marine Drugs (MDPI)
Materials (MDPI)
mBio (Am Soc Microbiol)
Mechanical Sciences (Copernicus)
Microbial Cell Factories (BioMed Central)
MicrobiologyOpen (Wiley)
Micromachines (MDPI)
Mobile Information Systems (Hindawi)
Molecular Neurodegeneration (BioMed Central)
Molecular Systems Biology (Wiley)
Molecules (MDPI)
Mountain Research and Development (International Mountain Society)
mSphere (Am Soc Microbiol)
MycoKeys (Pensoft Publishers)
Nanomaterials (MDPI)
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (SAGE)
Nanophotonics (DeGruyter)
Nanoscale Research Letters (Springer)
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (Copernicus)
Nature Communications (NPG)
Network Neuroscience (MIT Press)
Neural Plasticity (Hindawi)
New Journal of Physics (Institute of Physics)
Nucleic Acids Research (OUP)
Nursing Open (Wiley)
Nutrients (MDPI)
Ocean Science (Copernicus)
Oncotarget (Impact Journals LLC)
Open Biology (The Royal Society)
Open Forum Infectious Diseases (IDSA/OUP)
Open Journal of Cloud Computing (RonPub)
Open Life Sciences (DeGruyter)
Optica (OSA)
Optics Express (OSA)
Palgrave Communications (NPG)
Parasites & Vectors (BioMed Central)
Particle and Fibre Toxicology (BioMed Central)
PeerJ (PeerJ)
Photoacoustics (Elsevier)
Physical Review X (American Physical Society)
Plant Biotechnology Journal (Wiley)
Plant Methods (BioMed Central)
Plastic and Reconstructive Survey Global Open (Wolters Kluwer Health)
PLoS Biology (PLoS)
PLoS Computational Biology (PLoS)
PloS Genetics (PLoS)
PLoS Medicine (PLoS)
PLoS NTD (PLoS)
PLoS ONE (PLoS)
PLoS Pathogens (PLoS)
Radiation Oncology (BioMed Central)
Religions (MDPI)
Remote Sensing (MDPI)
Schizophrenia Research and Treatment (Hindawi)
Science Advances (AAAS)
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (Institute of Physics)
Scientific Reports (NPG)
Sensors (MDPI)
Stem Cell Reports (Elsevier)
Stem Cell Research (Elsevier)
Stem Cells International (Hindawi)
Sustainability (MDPI)
The BMJ (BMJ)
The Cryosphere (Copernicus)
The Plant Genome (ACSESS)
Theranostics (Ivyspring International)
Trends in Hearing (SAGE)
Trials (BioMed Central)
Veterinary Research (BioMed Central)
Viruses (MDPI)
Water (MDPI)
Water Resources and Industry (Elsevier)

Two journals are clearly topping the list at the moment, and it's no surprise that they're both multidisciplinary titles. PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports also have reasonable APC fees which make their funding requests rather easy to process, as opposite to for instance Nature Communications (currently the third most popular journal title), whose APC fee is above the €2,000 funding cap, thus forcing a more complex invoicing workflow to be followed.

This list of funded journal titles will be kept up-to-date as the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot takes up, hopefully contributing to provide an insight on the wide range of options available for researchers to submit their manuscripts to with the guarantee that the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot will be able to fund their APC fees.