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 three hybrid journals from Rockefeller University Press:
- Journal of Cell Biology (JCB)
- Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM)
- Journal of General Physiology (JPG)
Article types covered by the agreement include “article”, “brief definitive report”, “communication”, “hypothesis”, “methods and approaches”, “report”, “spotlight”, and “technical advances and resources”.
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;
- state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript; and
- state Umeå University as your primary affiliation 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
When stating your affiliation, select Umeå University from the list of organisations. Do not enter anything in the text input field.
Read more about the publishing process on the RUP website:
Read-and-Publish Agreement between Umeå University and RUP Journals
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:
