Springer Nature Fully OA

The open access publishing fee has been pre-paid through an agreement between the library and Springer Nature. In this national pilot- and consortia agreement, research funders the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova contribute with 50% of the funding. The agreement applies to Springer Nature open access journals.

Terms and conditions

• You must be the corresponding author, i.e., the one handling communication with the publisher and journal.
• Your Umeå University affiliation must be stated in the published article.
• Use your university e-mail ending with @umu.se. The e-mail domain is often used to recognize your eligibility.
• The agreement applies to article types “original paper”, “review paper”, “brief communication” and “continuous education”.
• Your article will be published under a CC BY license.

Imprints included in the agreement

• BioMed Central (BMC) (313 journals)
• Springer Open Journals (216 journals)
• NatureResearch (46 journals, including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports)
• Palgrave Macmillan (1 journal)

How the publishing process works

Upon acceptance you will be asked to confirm your affiliation on Springer’s publication platform. Choose “Umeå University” from the dropdown list.

Read more about the publishing process at the Springer Nature website:

Open access agreements for Sweden