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 accepted by the publisher in 2025 or 2026 (“acceptance date” in 2025–2026).
Journals and article types
The agreement applies to open access publishing in all hybrid and open access journals from Microbiology Society.
The agreement covers primary research papers (papers, special issue papers, reviews and letters).
See all journals included in this agreement
- Access Microbiology
- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
- Journal of General Virology
- Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Microbial Genomics
- Microbiology
Choice of licence
Articles covered by the agreement are published with a CC BY licence as a standard, but you can also choose a CC BY-NC licence.
What you need to do
To use the agreement, you must:
- be the corresponding author;
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript;
- state Umeå University as your primary affiliation through your user account in the publisher submission system (Editorial Manager); 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 Microbiology Society website:
Fee-free Open Access publishing
Author guide (PDF)
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
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:
