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Project MUSE

Umeå University researchers can publish open access based on the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model in several Project MUSE journals. Read more about the terms of our agreement with the publisher for 2025 and what it means for you here.


The library subscribes to the Project MUSE Standard Collection database, which contains approximately 380 journals from various humanities and social sciences publishers. In 2025, about 100 of the database's journals will be openly accessible under the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model.

Articles published in 2025 will remain open access even if the journal reverts to being a subscription journal in 2026. This applies to all researchers affiliated with subscribing institutions.

More about Subscribe to Open

Subscribe to Open (S2O) is a model for funding open access to scientific journals. This model works by publishers converting their subscription journals into open access journals for one year at a time. If enough subscribers renew their subscriptions, all or a selection of journals are made freely available without article processing charges (APCs) for one year to all.

Subscribe to Open for Project MUSE

 

Terms and conditions

  • You must be the corresponding author, i.e., the one handling communication with the publisher and journal.
  • Your Umeå University affiliation must be stated in the published article.
  • You must use your university email ending with @umu.se in order to be identified as an Umeå University affiliated author.
  • The agreement applies to articles accepted and published in 2025.

Here, you can read more about which Project Muse journals will be transferred to S2O:
S2O Journal Title List

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Latest update: 2025-05-22

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