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Article Processing Charges (APCs) Guide

A guide to available discounts on APCs for USF authors.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MIRCROBIOLOGY (ASM) - S2O

In 2025, ASM adopted a Subscribe to Open subscription model for its six primary research, subscription-based journals, all of which are subscribed to by the USF Health Libraries:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy®
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology®
  • Infection and Immunity®
  • Journal of Bacteriology®
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology®
  • Journal of Virology®

When the corresponding author is affiliated with USF, articles will be published open access with no article processing charge (APC). Page charge and supplemental material fee discounts are also available (see details at link below).