Publishers L-Z with a discount on publication fees

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The agreement allows researchers at the University of Gothenburg unlimited publication with open access in all journals from The Microbiology Society.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Only articles accepted by publisher after January 1, 2022 are covered by the agreement

Instructions for authors at Microbiology Society

(Formerly Medical Journals Sweden)

Publish free of charge

The agreement gives the right to unlimited publishing of open access articles in all journals from MJS Publishing. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2024 are covered by the agreement. There will be no additional costs for e.g. submissions och supplementary material.

Publication costs are covered by Swedish research funders starting in 2024.

More information about Swedish research funders joint effort on open access (In Swedish)

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

The agreement with Springer Nature allows researchers at the University of Gothenburg to publish with Open Access in Nature and Nature Research Journals at no cost.

Articles accepted by publisher after January 1, 2022 are covered by the agreement.

Open Access publishing in Nature Protocols and journals in Nature Reviews Journals are not included in the agreement.

Article type Review articles is not included in the agreement.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

Authors (corresponding author) at the University of Gothenburg can publish free of charge in journals from Oxford University Press. The agreement covers both hybrid journals and pure OA journals.

To make use of the agreement

1. As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.
2. Once the article has been accepted for publication, the author receives an e-mail with login details and a link to the publishers "Author Services site”.
3. On the Manuscript Licenses page, choose which type of license the article should be published under. Select an Open Access license (eg CC BY) to approve the terms of the license.
4. You will come to the Publishing Charges for Your Article page with a subheading called "Open Access Prepayment Account" and a drop-down menu.
5. Select Swedish Universities (Bibsam affiliated) on the menu.
6. University Library verifies that the article belongs to a researcher affiliated to the University of Gothenburg and then the article is published Open Access.

Information for authors at Oxford University Press

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The Gothenburg University Library has prepaid publication fees at PeerJ. This allows researchers at the University of Gothenburg to publish their articles at PeerJ at no cost.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication. The University Library will check your affiliation before approving the use of the fund.

PeerJ - University of Gothenburg Account Page

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Researchers at the University of Gothenburg can publish Open Access free of charge at PLOS. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2024 are covered by the agreement. Publication costs are covered by Swedish research funders starting in 2024.

More information about Swedish research funders joint effort on open access (In Swedish)

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Video with instructions how to proceed in the system so that the publication fees will be covered by the national agreement

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Authors (corresponding author) at the University of Gothenburg can publish free of charge in journals from Portland Press. The agreement covers both hybrid journals and pure OA journals.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

The agreement gives the right to unlimited publishing of open access articles in three journals. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2023 if covered by the agreement.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

The agreement allows for unlimited publication of open access articles in all hybrid journals (except Biographical Memoirs) and two pure open access journals. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2021 are included in the agreement.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

The University of Gothenburg is participating in a consortium agreement for The Royal Society of Chemistry, where the publishing fees are included in the cost for the agreement. Corresponding authors at GU can publish Open Access in all hybrid journals and in Nanoscale Advances and RSC Advances, the publisher's fully OA journals.

To make use of the agreement

1. As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.
2. The publisher will inform that the cost is already included in the agreement when they accept an article for publishing. The article is instantly available freely at the time of publishing.

Publish free of charge in hybrid journals or at a discount in fully Open Access journals

• The agreement provides access to unlimited publication with open access in the publisher's hybrid journals.
• The agreement provides a 20% discount on publication in the publisher's fully open journals (Gold Open Access).

The publisher has a script management system SOAP, SAGE Open Access Portal, which handles all articles, i.e. both hybrid and fully open journals (Gold).

Publish free of charge in hybrid journals

To make use of the agreement for hybrid journals

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

When an article has been accepted for publication, the author receives an email informing that the article can be published with open access through the agreement with Bibsam. The author is asked to go to SOAP.

1. In SOAP, open access publishing is the default option, but you can opt out.
2. If you choose Open Access publishing, CC BY becomes the only licensing option. You can contact the publisher directly if they prefer a different type of license.

Publish at a discount in fully open journals

The agreement gives a 20% discount on publication in the publisher's fully Open Access journals (Gold Open Access). The publication cost is to be paid by the author.

To make use of the agreement for fully open journals

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication. The library checks the author's affiliation with the University of Gothenburg. Thereafter, a 20% discount is automatically deducted from the invoice that is to be paid by the author.

About the agreement with Royal Society of Medicine

Publish free of charge

The agreement gives the right to unlimited publishing of open access articles in the publisher's hybrid journals and pure open access journals. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2024 are covered by the agreement.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

The publisher has a script management system SOAP, SAGE Open Access Portal, which handles all articles.

When an article has been accepted for publication, the author receives an email informing that the article can be published with open access through the agreement with Bibsam. The author is asked to go to SOAP.

1. In SOAP, open access publishing is the default option, but you can opt out.
2. If you choose Open Access publishing, CC BY becomes the only licensing option. You can contact the publisher directly if you prefer a different type of license.
3. The workflow for this agreement allows for a 10-day period in which the author needs to accept the offer of open access publication and confirm the creative commons license.

About the agreement with SAGE

Publish with a discount

All authors at the University of Gothenburg receive a 10% discount on the APC for the journal Science Advances.

To make use of the agreement

State the University of Gothenburg patron number at AAAS/Science: 11946989

About the agreement with Science Online

Publish free of charge

Authors affiliated to the University of Gothenburg can publish Open Access in all SPIE Journals without any cost.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

Through the university library's agreement with Springer, researchers at the University of Gothenburg doesn’t have to pay to make their articles freely available. The agreement applies only to the corresponding author.

All the hybrid journals from Springer (approximately 2000 journals) are included in the agreement. The article types included in the agreement are Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication och Continuing Education.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Information for authors at Springer

Publish free of charge

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg can publish without any charge in most of Springer Nature's fully open access journals. The article processing charges are covered by a national agreement with the publisher.

The agreement applies only to the corresponding author. The article types included in the agreement are Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication och Continuing Education.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Information for authors at Springer

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The agreement with Taylor & Francis is a national consortium agreement that allows authors affiliated to the University of Gothenburg to publish their articles with instant open access in Taylor & Francis' hybrid journals (Open Select) and open access journals.

Research articles and review articles are included in the agreement. These are usually categorized as "Article", "Research Article", "Review" or "Review Article", but depending on the journal and subject area, other names may occur.

Taylor & Francis journals generally offer two Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY and CC-BY-NC-ND.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Publish free of charge

The agreement with Wiley provides access to publish with open access in Wiley's hybrid journals and fully open titles as well as Hindawis fully open titles. Publication within the agreement applies to articles accepted by the publisher after 1/1 2020.

Article types included under the agreement are ”Original article”, ”Primary research article” or ”Review article”. Other article types are excluded.

To make use of the agreement

As a corresponding author, you shall state your affiliation to the University of Gothenburg and use your email address from the University of Gothenburg when you submit an article for publication.

Information for authors at Wiley

Contact the Library if you have any questions about APC discounts.