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
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
- state Umeå University as your primary affiliation in your account in the publisher submission system.
For the publisher to identify you as affiliated to Umeå University, you should use your university email address ending in @umu.se.
Good to know about the publishing process
Enter “Umeå University” as your primary organisation in your user account in the publisher's system (Editorial Manager). Use “Update my information” if you already have an account. Select from the list; do not enter your own variant. Avoid specifying affiliation at a more detailed level, such as department, as identification works best at university level.
Under Additional information – Publication fees, select “My institution will fully or partially pay the fee as a member of the PLOS Institutional Account Program”. Then select “Umeå University” from the list of “Institutional Account Program”.
Read more about the publishing process on the PLOS website:
PLOS Home
Information video on how authors can use the agreement and submit articles:
Submitting in Editorial Manager for APC-free publishing
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
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:
