This is included in the agreement
During 2024 and 2025, the four research funders, the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas, and Vinnova, have decided to jointly fund publishing with publishers who only publish fully open access journals. This means that researchers at Umeå University can publish articles in the publishers' journals without having to pay a publishing fee (APC, article processing charge). The same conditions apply to all researchers linked to an organisation in the Bibsam consortium.
List of participating organisations in the Bibsam consortium
The agreement applies to articles submitted to the publisher in 2024 or 2025 (“submitted date” during 2024-2025).
Journals and publication types
The agreement covers all article types.
Choice of licence
Articles covered by the agreement will be published with a CC BY licence.
What you need to do
To be covered by the agreement, you must:
- be the corresponding author;
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript;
- select Swedish universities, university colleges, public agencies, and research institutes under “Is the corresponding author affiliated with one of the following institutions?”; and
- select Umeå University under “Affiliation”.
Contact the publisher if you have further questions about the publishing process.
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.
