Open access publishing deals
The University of Bergen has Open Access (OA) publishing deals with several academic publishers.
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The University of Bergen (UiB) has Open Access (OA) publishing deals with several academic publishers. Some deals offer discounts on article processing charges (APCs) while other deals covers the APCs in full. To be eligible for discounts or payment of the APC, you must be affiliated with UiB and the corresponding author on the publication.
If you want to publish in an open access journal that is not included in these agreements, you can apply for funding from the publication fund. Please note that open access publishing in subscription journals is not covered by the publication fund. For more information, please see our tutorial open access - step by step.
ACM Digital Library (ACM)
Validity period: | 1.1.2022-31.12.2024. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | Most of the publisher's journals and conference proceedings are included, check NSD registry or OpenScience.no. Titles that are not owned by ACM, but for instance by IEEE, are not included. |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. Please use your UiB-email. |
Publisher's info: | |
Workflow: | Authentication is based on e-mail domain. Please use your UiB e-mail address. ACM will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
ACS - American Chemical Society
Validity period: | 1.1.2020-31.12.2022. (Articles accepted after January 1, 2020) |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | All journals from ACS |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
Article types: | Peer reviewed articles. |
Licences possible: | CC BY |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB e-mail address. ACS will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Biomed Central og Springer Open
Validity period: | Annual |
Type of contract: | 15% discount on article processing charges (APCs). No central payment. You may apply for funding from the publication fund. |
Journals covered: | All |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
Article types: | All article types. |
Licences possible: | CC BY |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | UiB employees that submits an article through the UiB network will be recognized by the IP address and will automatically receive the discount. If an employee submits an article outside the University network, the contributor must chose UiB from a drop down menu and submit their UiB email address to get the discount. |
Cambridge University Press
Validity period: | 1.1.2020–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Cambridge Univeristy Press will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
De Gruyter
Validity period: | 1.1.2021-31.12.2023. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | Subscription journals that offer open access, and fully open access journals. (Fully open access journals are only covered for UiB authors, not authors from Haukeland University Hospital.) |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Article types: | Research and review articles |
Licences possible: | CC BY og CC BY-NC-ND. |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. De Gruyter will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB or Haukeland Univeristy Hospital will be confirmed by the university library. |
Elsevier
Validity period: | 1.1.2019-31.12.2024. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | Most of Elsevier's journals, but some are excluded, e.g. the Cell Press titles and The Lancet. Check NSD registry or OpenScience.no. |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Article types: | All article types. |
Licences possible: | CC BY og CC BY-NC-ND. |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Elsevier will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Frontiers
Validity period: | 1.1.2020-31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish, 10% discount on the APC. Central payment. |
Journals covered: | All titles from Frontiers |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
Article types: | Article types A and B |
Licences possible: | CC BY |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University of Bergen’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Please use your UiB-email. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with University of Bergen, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by University of Bergen upon acceptance. |
MDPI
Validity period: | Renewed annually |
Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish, 10% discount on the APC. Central payment. |
Journals covered: | All titles from MDPI |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
Article types: | Research articles |
Licences possible: | CC BY |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State UiB as your institutional affiliation and 'IOAP program' when submitting your manuscript. Use your institutional e-mail address. Your affiliation will be confirmed by the university library. The author is not involved in the invoicing process. Invoices will be handled centrally by the university library. |
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Validity period: | 1.1.2020–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Article types: | Research articles |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Oxford University Press will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC)
Validity period: | 1.1.2021–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons CC BY and CC BY-NC |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to University of Bergen throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB e-mail address. RSC will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Sage
Validity period: | 1.1.2020–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | All hybrid titles excluding 12 titles. 20 % discount on APCs in Sage gold open access titles. |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Sage will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
SpringerNature
Validity period: | 1.1.2020–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. SpringerNature will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Taylor & Francis
Validity period: | 1.1.2020–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Article types: | Original articles. |
Licences possible: | CC BY og CC BY-NC-ND. |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Taylor & Francis will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |
Wiley
Validity period: | 1.5.2019–31.12.2022. |
Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
Journals covered: | Most of the publisher's hybrid journals (OnlineOpen), check NSD registry or OpenScience.no, and their fully Open Access journals |
Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital. |
Article types: | Primary research and review articles. |
Licences possible: | Creative Commons. Choice of licenses varies between journals. |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Workflow: | State your affiliation to the University of Bergen or Haukeland University Hospital throughout the publishing process. Use your UiB or Helse-Bergen e-mail address. Wiley will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Author affiliation to UiB will be confirmed by the university library. |