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Open access publishing agreements

As a researcher at Umeå University, you can publish with open access in many journals without having to pay publication fees, thanks to various agreements with publishers.


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)

BMJ

Brill

Bristol University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Cogitatio Press

Company of Biologists

Copernicus Publications – agreement via research funders

eLife – agreement via research funders

Elsevier

Emerald

Ergo

Frontiers – agreement via research funders

Institute of Physics (IOP) 

JMIR Publications – agreement via research funders

John Benjamins Publishing

Karger

Mark Allen Healthcare

Microbiology Society

MJS Publishing – agreement via research funders

Nature and Nature Research journals

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Portland Press/Biochemistry Society

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Project MUSE

Public Library of Science (PLOS) – agreement via research funders

Rockefeller University Press (RUP)

The Royal Society

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 

Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) 

Sage

Sage IOS Press

Springer Nature

Taylor & Francis

Wiley

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:

Contact the library

Latest update: 2025-05-28

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