ASM Journals

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Term of the agreement: 01.01.2026–31.12.2028
In the last year of the agreement term, renewal negotiations are usually conducted by the office.
Type: Journals, Open Access
Discipline: Microbiology, Medicine

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) have concluded a combined open access publication and subscription agreement. Corresponding authors affiliated with the institutions listed below have the possibility to publish Open Access in the ASM journals that are included in the licensed journal package without additional costs for APCs. Within the consortium there are two different licensing models:

ASM charges page charges for publications. Participating institutions benefit from a 25% discount on these charges (compared to the list price). For authors that are ASM members, additional discounts apply.
Some institutions have covered all publication charges (including Page Charges and a “Supplemental Material Fee”) in advance by paying an additional fee ("Flat Fee Model").

>> Information at publisher’s website

Please find addtional information on which model is a applicable to a/your specific member institution below.

Open Access Publishing

Please note that further funding guidelines for Open Access publishing may be applicable at your institution. For more details about publishing options and this agreement, please contact your library or Scholarly Communication Office at your institution. Participating institutions of this agreement are listed below.

What journals are covered by this agreement?
Authors of the following institutions are eligible for OA publishing in journals of the
ASM All-Inclusive Package (.XLSX) / (.PDF):

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Graz | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Open-Access-Info
Universität Innsbruck | Open-Access-Info
Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info

Authors of the following institutions are eligible for OA publishing in the journals of the
ASM Basic Package (.XLSX) / (.PDF):

Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pathologie GmbH (IMP)
Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)
Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie (IMBA)

Who is eligible?
Authors that are affiliated with a participating institution. ASM identifies eligible authors by their institution and institutional e-mail address during the submission process. OA publishing is guaranteed for authors of subscribing institution, even if the (global) S2O-Target is not met.

Which article types are eligible?
Research article, Case report, Brief report, Review, Rapid communications

What license options are available?
Articles are published under a CC BY license only.

When do authors have to be affiliated with a participating member institution to be eligible for funding?
Authors must be affiliated with a participating member institution on the acceptance date.

What costs are covered by the agreement?
Under the S2O-Model no costs for APCs apply. However, ASM charges "Page Charges" for these articles. The Page Chage is discounted for subscribing institutions. Authors that are (individual) ASM members are granted an additional discount of 25% for these charges.

ASM S2O Publishing Fees 2026	S2O Subscriber		Non-Subscriber
ASM S2O Publishing Fees 2026	ASM Member	Non-Member	ASM Member	Non-Member
Page Charges (per page)	$125	$166	$166	$221
Supplemental Material Fee (flat fee)	$214	$285	$285	$385

For 2025, Non-Member Page Charges will be capped at $ 4.500, Member Page Charges at half that amount, $ 3.375.

For authors of the following institutions no publication-related Fees are being-charged during the license term 2026-2028 - the institution has pre-paid a fixed amount as additional "publication fee” for their authors:

Participating institutions

(in alphabetical order)

Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pathologie GmbH (IMP)
Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI)
Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie (IMBA)
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Graz | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Innsbruck | Open-Access-Info
Medizinische Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Open-Access-Info
Universität Innsbruck | Open-Access-Info
Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien | Open-Access-Info

Note: If possible, the links refer to the institutional Open Access information. If one is not available, the link leads to the library of the participating institution (or to the homepage of the institution if no other link is available).

A list of participating institutions can be downloaded here (XLSX).