This is included in the agreement
The open access publishing fee (APC, article processing charge) has been pre-paid through an agreement between the Library and the publisher. The agreement applies when the corresponding author (i.e., the person communicating with the publisher and journal) is affiliated with Umeå University.
The agreement does not cover additional charges, such as page fees or colour illustration fees.
The agreement applies to articles submitted to the publisher in 2025 or 2026 (“submission date” in 2025–2026).]
Journals and article types
The agreement applies to open access publishing in most hybrid journals from Bristol University Press.
The agreement applies to the article type “original research articles”.
Choice of licence
Articles covered by the agreement are published with a CC BY licence.
Learn more about Creative Commons licences for researchers (Swedish National Library)
What you need to do
To use the agreement, you must:
- be the corresponding author;
- be the submitting author; and
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript.
For the publisher to identify you as affiliated to Umeå University, you should use your university email address ending in @umu.se.
Good to know about the publishing process
Read more about the publishing process on the Bristol University Press website:
FAQ for authors – Bristol University Press
Always check the terms and conditions
It is crucial that you review the terms and conditions on the website of both the publisher and the journal in which you choose to publish.
Contact the library
Contact the library if you have any questions. Select "Publishing, theses and research data" in the contact form.