Publish with open access free of charge
If you are conducting research at Umeå University, you can publish your work open access in numerous journals without having to pay a publishing fee (APC, article processing charge). This is possible thanks to agreements that the library and, in some cases, research funding bodies have concluded with several publishers.
Find journals included in the agreements
In the search tool for journals included in the agreements, you can search by title, ISSN and subject. The search tool will give you an overview of the journals' publishing model and licence options, as well as links to more information about each agreement.
Search for journals included in the agreements
Terms for all publishing agreements 2025
Below, you will find both the library's agreements and agreements where the research funders pay the publishing fee (APC, article processing charge). On each agreement page, you can also find more information through guides, films, and instructions.
It is crucial that you review the terms of the specific agreement that applies to the journal in which you want to publish.
Terms and information for each agreement (A-Z)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Copernicus Publications – agreement via research funders
eLife – agreement via research funders
Frontiers – agreement via research funders
JMIR Publications – agreement via research funders
MJS Publishing – agreement via research funders
Nature and Nature Research journals
Portland Press/Biochemistry Society
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Public Library of Science (PLOS) – agreement via research funders
Rockefeller University Press (RUP)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
Who is covered by the agreements?
To be able to use the agreements, four basic requirements must be fulfilled:
- You must be a corresponding author (i.e. the one handling communication with the publisher).
- You must use your email address ending in @umu.se and state Umeå University as your organisation.
- Your affiliation with Umeå University must be stated in the published article.
- The research should mainly be conducted at Umeå University.
Please note that you must also review the terms and conditions of each individual publisher agreement.
Contact the library with your questions
Do you have a question about the open access publishing agreements? Contact the library for help. Select "Publishing, theses and research data" in the contact form:
