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 accepted by the publisher in 2026 (“acceptance date” in 2026).
Journals and article types
The agreement applies to publishing in all journals from Pensoft Publishers.
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
When submitting your manuscript, it is important that you use your email address ending with @umu.se (this confirms your affiliation with Umeå University). Next, follow these instructions:
- Select the option “I have a special agreement via direct contact with the journal prior to submission to receive a full or partial fee waiver for this submission.”
- In the field below, enter: “This paper will be covered by the National Library of Sweden institutional deposit.”
Once your article has been accepted, you will receive a notification with information about the publication cost covered by the funders. You will also receive a copy of the receipt.
Read more about the publishing process on the Pensoft Publishers website:
Author Services
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.
