This is included in the agreement
The four research funders, the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas, and Vinnova, have decided to jointly fund publishing with certain publishers that only publish fully open access journals. Funding applies to researchers who are linked to an organisation in the Bibsam consortium. 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).
List of participating organisations in the Bibsam consortium
The agreement applies to articles submitted to the publisher in 2026 (“submission date” in 2026).
Journals and article types
The agreement applies to publishing in all journals from MDPI.
All article types are covered by the agreement.
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, i.e., the person communicating with the publisher and journal;
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript; and
- use your university email ending with @umu.se.
Contact the Library for guidance if you do not have an Umeå University email address.
Good to know about the publishing process
Read more about the publishing process on the MDPI website:
Guidelines for Authors
Contact the publisher if you have 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.
