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Publishing agreements for Open Access

Here you will find which agreements Södertörn University participates in, where the publication fee for Open Access, ie APC (article processing charges) is either completely included or is reduced.

As a researcher at Södertörn University, you can benefit from many publishing agreements that include the fee for publishing with Open Access. The university has agreements with several of the major publishers, including Elsevier, SAGE, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley. This means that publishing with Open Access is free of charge for researchers at Södertörn University. There is an exception for a small number of journals where the fee is reduced and where the library does not cover the cost.

These are the conditions for you as a researcher to be covered by the agreements:

  • You must be affiliated to Södertörn University
  • The agreements only apply when you are a Corresponding Author
  • You must use your SH email address when submitting your article

The agreements with the publishers are national and are negotiated by Bibsam at the Royal Library. Each university decides which agreements to participate in. Some of the agreements include unlimited publication, while others are based on a predetermined number of expected published articles by the participating universities. In the latter case, the prepaid pot may run out before the end of the year.

Which journals are included in the agreements?

In the SciFree tool, you can search for a journal to see if it is included in one of the agreements where APC is prepaid or discounted. You can also see if the journal applies any specific Creative Commons-licens External link, opens in new window. and if it is a pure Open Access journal or a so-called hybrid journal (subscription based journal where some articles are Open Access).

Feel free to contact publications@sh.se if you have questions about these agreements.

The five-year agreement with ACM entails unlimited publishing of fact-reviewed articles in all serial publications from the Association for Computing Machinery. These are about 150 journals and newsletters, as well as 1,000 conference publications. E-books are not included in the agreement. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2026.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

You must use your SH email address when submitting your manuscript to ACM. You will then be automatically identified using the email domain. CC-BY is the first choice when publishing, but you have the opportunity to choose for yourself.

The agreement includes unlimited publishing with Open Access to scientific articles in all Brill´s journals, including fully Open Access journals. As a researcher at Södertörn University, you also get a 20% discount on the publication cost when publishing books with Open Access.

The article types covered by the agreement are “Research” and “Review Articles”. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

Use your SH email address when submitting a manuscript to a Brill journal. When asked, state that you are eligible for free Open Access publishing. See the illustration below:

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Based on your email address, Brill will identify you as an author who is eligible to publish Open Access, free of charge. The article will be immediately Open Access when it is published.

This agreement includes unlimited publishing of Open Access articles in both hybrid and pure Open Access journals from Cambridge. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

When submitting a manuscript to a Cambridge University Press journal, use your SH email address and state that you are affiliated to SH. In this way, CUP will identify you as an author qualified to publish Open Access at no cost.

Once your article has been accepted for publication, the library will be asked to confirm your affiliation. After confirmation, you will receive an email from RightsLink stating that your article has been approved and that Södertörn University covers the publishing fees for Open Access. The article becomes Open Access immediately when it is published.

The article types included in the agreement are as follows:

  • Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Rapid communications
  • Brief reports
  • Case reports

Please note that the library does not cover any additional fees such as page- or colour-charges.

The agreement includes unlimited publishing with Open Access in De Gruyters hybrid journals. Publishing in Open Access journals is discounted by 30%. The remaining part of APC is not covered by the library but is invoiced to the author. Just over half of the publisher's approximately 100 pure Open Access journals do not charge an APC, for others the fee varies between 500 and 2,250 EUR. The license is CC-BY when you publish with De Gruyter. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

Publishing in De Gruyter hybrid journals

When submitting a manuscript to a De Gruyter journal, please use your SH email address and indicate that you are affiliated with SH. In this way, De Gruyter will identify you as an author who is qualified to publish Open Access, free of charge.

Publishing in De Gruyter fully Open Access journal

  • Await an email from RightsLink requesting APC payment
    Click – "Pay charges now / Raise an invoice"
  • Log in or create an account in RightsLink
  • Enter Södertörn University in the "Affiliation Discount" section, this will then cause the APC discount (30%) to be applied
  • The invoice will then be sent via the library to the author.

The agreement includes unlimited Open Access publishing in the Science Direct Freedom Collection and all Open Access journals. The Science Direct Freedom Collection contains about 2,000 titles, including journals from learned societies. Titles included can, however, be changed during the contract period. The article types covered by the agreement are as follows:

  • Data in brief
  • Full-length article
  • Insights
  • Micro-article
  • Original software publication
  • Protocols
  • Review article
  • Short communication
  • Short review
  • Video Article

The agreement is valid until 31 December 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

Upon acceptance of an article, the Corresponding Author receives an email from Elsevier with a unique link where you can choose publishing options.

  • On the Corresponding Author page, as a Corresponding Author, select your affiliation. That way, Elsevier connects you to the agreement.
  • On the Publishing Options page, you as an author will see the different publishing options; Gold Open Access and Subscription. If you want to take part in the agreement and publish your article Open Access without paying APC, then choose Gold Open Access. Then the library will verify if you are affiliated to Södertörn University.
  • Confirm and complete the subsequent steps.

The agreement includes unlimited Open Access publishing in all Emerald journals, including pure Open Access journals, as well as publishing on the Emerald Open Research platform. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

As Corresponding Author, you must use your SH e-mail address when submitting your manuscript in order to benefit from the agreement.

As an author, you have the option to choose CC-BY 4.0 or another CC license.

The agreement includes a 10% discount for publishing in Frontier's journals. The invoice is paid by the author and sent via the library to the author. Publishing fees range from $ 0 - $ 3,225 depending on journal and article type. The agreement covers all article types. The publisher's website contains information on publishing fees and discounts External link, opens in new window.. The agreement is valid until December 31, 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

To take part in the agreement, select Södertörn University as the institutional payer in the invoice section when you submit your article.

Frontiers will then verify your affiliation with the library, and when it is confirmed, the invoice will be sent to the library, which will forward it to you as the author.

The agreement includes publishing with Open Access in 376 of Oxford's hybrid journals and in 111 of the publisher’s pure Open Access journals. The article types covered by the agreement are:

  • Research article
  • Review article
  • Brief report
  • Case report

The agreement is valid until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

  • Log into Author Services using the unique link provided in the welcome email. If you don’t have an account you need to create one first.
  • On the Manuscript Licenses page, select and complete an Open Access license for your article
  • On the Publishing Charges for Your Article page, select Swedish Universities (Bibsam affiliated) from the dropdown list of institutions beneath Open Access Prepayment Account
  • Confirm and complete the subsequent steps in Author Services.

There is a more detailed description of the process External link, opens in new window. on the publisher's website.

The agreement includes unlimited publishing with Open Access in SAGE's hybrid journals. There is a 20% discount on publishing in SAGE's pure Open Access journals. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2023.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

Follow these steps to publish Open Access in one of SAGE's hybrid journals:

  • Upon acceptance you will receive an email with a link to SAGE Open Access Portal (SOAP)
  • Login or create an account in SOAP and follow the instructions
  • Choose Open Access for your article (preselected), you will not receive an APC invoice
  • The article will have a CC BY license.

For publishing in SAGE's pure Open Access journals, the difference is that APC is reduced by 20% and the remaining part is paid by the author.

The agreement includes publishing with Open Access in Springer Nature's hybrid journals, so-called Open Choice (just over 2,000 titles). It has been expanded to include the journals published under the imprints Palgrave Macmillan and Nature Academic Journals. The articles are licensed CC-BY. Article types covered are:

  • Original Papers
  • Review Papers
  • Brief Communications
  • Continuous Education

You can read more about the Springer Compact External link. External link. Springer's own website. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

Once your article has been accepted, Springer will send you a link to the MyPublication form. There you will be asked to state your affiliation from a list of institutions. Select Södertörn University and use your email address for SH.

The library then verifies your affiliation and the article is published Open Access at no cost to you.

The agreement includes publishing with Open Access in Springer Nature's Open Access journals. Included imprints are as follows:

  • BioMed Central (BMC)
  • Springer Open Journals
  • Springer Nature
  • Nature Research
  • Palgrave Macmillan

During the contract period, a certain number of articles per year are included. The number of articles is not specified per organisation, but the "first come, first served" principle applies. The agreement period is until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

After your article is accepted, the Corresponding Author will receive an email with a link to Springer Nature's Eligibility Checker, a tool where you will confirm your affiliation. Enter Södertörn University and confirm.

The library then verifies your affiliation and the article is published Open Access at no cost to you.

The agreement includes publishing with Open Access in all Taylor & Francis hybrid journals and pure Open Access journals. Research and review articles are included in the agreement. Usually these are categorised as "Article", "Research Article", "Review" or "Review Article", but depending on the journal and subject area, other terms may be used.

During the contract period, a certain number of articles per year are included. The number of articles is not specified per organisation, but the "first come, first served" principle applies. You can read more about Taylor & Francis’ agreement External link, opens in new window. on the publisher's own website. The agreement period is until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

In addition to stating your affiliation to Södertörn University, it is important that you use your SH email address when sending a manuscript to one of Taylor & Francis hybrid journals. In this way, the publisher automatically identifies articles that qualify for publishing with Open Access within the university's agreement.

After your article has been accepted, the library will be notified and asked to verify your affiliation. Shortly afterwards, you will receive an email from Taylor & Francis asking you to choose a CC license for your article. Once you have done this, the article will be published Open Access.

The agreement includes publishing with Open Access in all Wiley's hybrid journals (approximately 1,330 titles) and Wiley’s and Hindawi’s pure Open Access journals (approximately 570 titles). The agreement includes a limited number of articles. Article types included in the agreement are within the main types of research article ("Original article", "Primary research article") and review article ("Review article"). Before an article is submitted for Open Access publication under the agreement, it is mapped against the two main types and only articles identified as research or review articles are allowed through. The agreement is valid until 31 December 2024.

How do you as a researcher take part in the agreement?

When publishing in a Wiley journal with Open Access, the Corresponding Author can choose Södertörn University as the paying institution already at the time of submission. When you publish in a hybrid journal, you will be asked to confirm your affiliation to Södertörn University and will be asked to select the "OnlineOpen" option once the article has been accepted.

The library then verifies your affiliation and the article is published Open Access at no cost to you.

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2023-03-22 by Gabriela Voglio