Open Access deals and discounts

Last changed: 07 January 2021
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SLU has made Open Access agreements with several large publishers.

The Swedish national library consortia together with Swedish universities and colleges has made several agreements with the publishing industry that provide authors with open access publishing at no cost. Most deals only cover publishing in hybrid journals – i.e traditional journals supported by subscriptions wherein individual papers can be made open. SLU also has agreements with individual publishers which facilitates discounts on publishing fees (APCs). 

Deals and discounts sorted by publisher

American Chemical Society

  • Coverage: Any open access fees are covered by SLU at no cost to the author.
  • Active period: 2020 - 2022
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.

Cambridge University Press

Elsevier

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see link below) at no cost to the author. 
  • Active period: 2020 – 2022.
  • Please note: Valid for articles submitted on or after January 1st 2020. Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.
  • Search for included journals at Elsevier.

Frontiers

  • Coverage: All APCs are discounted by 10%.
  • Active period: 2019 – 2021
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.

MDPI

  • Coverage: All APCs are discounted by 10%. 
  • Active period: 2020 - 2023 
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to SLU and state their SLU email address. 

Oxford University Press

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in seleceted journals (see list below) at no cost to the author. 
  • Active period: 2019 - 2021
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel)

Royal Society of Chemistry

  • Coverage: SLU covers all open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see list below) at no cost to the author. Furthermore, a reduced and fixed rate of £750 is offered when publishing in RCS-Advances. 
  • Active period: 2018 - 2022.
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution. APCs covered by the deal is pre-paid by SLU (except for RCS Advances).
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel)

SAGE

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see list below) at no cost to the author.
  • Active Period: 2020-2022.
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel)

SpringerNature (incl. BioMed Central)

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see list below) at no cost to the author. 
  • Active period: 2019 – 2021
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel) 

Taylor & Francis

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see list below) at no cost to the author. 
  • Active period: 2018 - 2022.
  • Please note: Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution. Upon acceptance you will receive a link through which you will chose a license for your paper.
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel)

Wiley

  • Coverage: SLU covers open access fees when publishing in selected journals (see list below) at no cost to the author. 
  • Active period: 2020 – 2022.
  • Please note: Valid for articles accepted on or after January 1st 2020. Corresponding Author has to be affiliated to a participating institution.
  • List of journals included in the agreement. (Excel)