Microbiology Society

Umeå University researchers can publish open access at no cost in Microbiology Society journals. This page provides more information about the terms of the publishing agreement for 2025 and what it means for you.

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 one handling communication with the publisher and journal) is affiliated with Umeå University.

The agreement does not cover additional charges, such as page charges or charges for colour illustrations.

The agreement applies to articles accepted by the publisher in 2024 or 2025 (‘acceptance date’ during 2024-2025).

Journals and publication types

The agreement applies to open access publishing in hybrid and open access journals from the Microbiology Society, and covers primary research papers (papers, special issue papers, reviews and letters).

Journals included in the agreement:

Choice of licence

Articles covered by the agreement are published with a CC BY licence or, alternatively, a CC BY-NC 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;
state Umeå University as your primary affiliation in your user account in the publisher (Editorial Manager) system; and
use your University email ending with @umu.se.