What is the Microbiology Society? The Microbiology Society is a professional association for microbiologists.

What does the Microbiology Society publish? The Microbiology Society publishes journals across the fields of microbiology and virology.

How does the UA-Microbiology Society agreement benefit authors? The article processing charge (APC) is covered 100%.

Which journals are covered by the agreement? All journals published by the Microbiology Society are eligible.

Who is eligible? The primary corresponding author for the article must be affiliated with the University of Arkansas Fayetteville; they may be a faculty member, staff member, student, or postdoc. They should use their uark.edu email address.

Are there any requirements or restrictions? The authors must assign the article a Creative Commons license. The only acceptable license is CC-BY. For more information about Creative Commons licenses, visit the Creative Commons Licenses Library Guide.

How can an author apply? The author should submit the article article for peer review through the Microbiology Society submission system as they usually would, select the open access (OA) option when it appears, and follow the instructions provided. They should use their uark.edu email address. 

Additional tips: The primary corresponding author should be the person who submits the article through the Microbiology Society system; they should use their uark.edu email address.

For additional information, please visit the Microbiology Society Open Access Costs page.