Open access publishing deals
The University of Bergen has Open Access (OA) publishing deals with several academic publishers.
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The publishing agreement with Wiley will not be renewed for 2025. Read more about the consequences for researchers at UiB.
The University of Bergen (UiB) has open access (OA) publishing agreements with several academic publishers. To be eligible, you must be a corresponding author, affiliated with UiB and have UiB listed as your institutional affiliation in the publication. The article must also be published as an eligible article type. Corresponding authors from Helse Bergen/Haukeland University Hospital are eligible to publish under some of the agreements.
The publishing agreements will cover the cost of publishing open access. Additional publishing costs, e.g. page charges and colour charges, are not covered by the agreements.
Articles will be approved based on the following terms and conditions.
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: | 1.1.2022-31.12.2027. |
| 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, that have listed UiB as an affiliation in the publication. Please use your UiB-email. |
| Eligible article types: | Research Article, Short Paper, Review Article, Survey Article, Technical Note, Tutorial, Interview, Note |
| Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
| 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
ACS - American Chemical Society
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023-31.12.2027. |
| 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. |
| Eligible 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Annual Reviews
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Subscribe to Open (subscription that converts journals to Open Access) |
| Journals covered: | See included titles. New titles are added based on level of support. |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Berghahn
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Subscribe to Open (subscription that converts journals to Open Access) |
| Journals covered: | Titles included in Berghahn Open Anthro |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Biomed Central (BMC), SpringerOpen, Nature and Palgrave
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish. Central payment. |
| Journals covered: | Open access titles from BMC, SpringerOpen, Nature and Palgrave |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB. |
| Eligible article types: | Research articles |
| Licences possible: | CC BY |
| Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
| Workflow: | State UiB as your institutional affiliation when submitting your manuscript. Use your institutional e-mail address. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. The author is not involved in the invoicing process. Invoices will be handled centrally by the university library. |
Brill
| Validity period: | 1.1.2025–31.12.2026. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | The agreement includes publishing in all the publisher's journals. Title list |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | Research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports |
| 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. The publisher will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Cambridge University Press
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023–31.12.2027. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | The agreement includes publishing in the publisher's hybrid and fully open access journals. Some society journals are excluded. Title list |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | Research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports |
| 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 University Press will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Copernicus
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish. Central payment. |
| Journals covered: | All titles. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB, that have listed UiB as an affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | Regular full-length articles. |
| Licences possible: | CC BY |
| Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
| Workflow: | State UiB as your institutional affiliation when submitting your manuscript. Use your institutional e-mail address. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. The author is not involved in the invoicing process. Invoices will be handled centrally by the university library. |
De Gruyter
| Validity period: | 1.1.2021-31.12.2026. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | Subscription journals that offer open access. UiB will also cover the cost of publishing in fully open access journals for UiB authors. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. Fully open access journals (gold open access) are only covered for UiB authors, not authors from Haukeland University Hospital. |
| Eligible 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Elsevier
| Validity period: | 1.1.2025-31.12.2028. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | Most of Elsevier's hybrid journals, but some are excluded. Check NSD registry or OpenScience.no. UiB will also cover the cost of publishing in fully Open Access journals for UiB authors. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. Fully open access journals (gold open access) are only covered for UiB authors, not authors from Haukeland University Hospital. |
| Eligible article types: | Case reports, Data in Briefs, Full-length articles, Micro-articles. Original software publication, Practice guidelines, Protocols, Review articles, Replication studies, Short communications, Short surveys, Video 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. Elsevier will notify the author of the possibility to publish Open Access at no cost during the publication process. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Frontiers
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish. Central payment. |
| Journals covered: | Most titles from Frontiers (except titles which are owned by academic societies). |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB, that have listed UiB as an affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. The author is not involved in the invoicing process. Invoices will be handled centrally by the university library. |
MDPI
| Validity period: | Annual |
| Type of contract: | Pay-as-you-publish. Central payment. |
| Journals covered: | All titles from MDPI |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB, that have listed UiB as an affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. The author is not involved in the invoicing process. Invoices will be handled centrally by the university library. |
Microbiology Society
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023–31.12.2025. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | All titles from the publisher. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | All types |
| 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. |
Norwegian open HSS journals (NÅHST)
| Validity period: | Ongoing |
| Type of contract: | Subscribe to Open (subscription fees are used to convert titles to open access) |
| Journals covered: | Included titles |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
Information: | Read more on HK-dir's web page |
Open Library of Humanities (OLH)
| Type of contract: | Membership / Support |
| Journals covered: | All journals published by OLH |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
| Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
Oxford University Press (OUP)
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023–31.12.2027. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | The agreement includes publishing in the publisher's hybrid journals. Title list |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | Research articles, review articles, brief reports, and case reports |
| 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023–31.12.2025. |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | The agreement includes publishing in the publisher's hybrid journals. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB, that have listed UiB as an affiliation in the publication. |
| 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Sage
| Validity period: | 01.01.2023–31.12.2026. |
| 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, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. Fully open access journals (gold open access) are only covered for UiB authors, not authors from 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
SciPost
| Type of contract: | Membership / Support |
| Journals covered: | All journals published by Scipost |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
| Publisher's info: | Publisher website |
SCOAP3 - Sponsoring Consortium for OA Publishing in Particle Physics
| Type of contract: | Membership / Support |
| Journals covered: | Included journals |
| Authors eligible: | All authors regardless of their institutional affiliation. |
| Licence: | Creative Commons |
| Information: | Consortium website |
SpringerNature
| Validity period: | 1.1.2023–31.12.2027. |
| 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, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. |
| Eligible article types: | Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education |
| 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Taylor & Francis
| Validity period: | 1.1.2025 - 31.12.2026 |
| Type of contract: | Read and publish (read access and Article Processing Charges combined in one deal). |
| Journals covered: | Most of the subscription titles that has an Open Access option are included in the agreement (Open Select journals). UiB will also cover the cost of publishing in fully Open Access journals for UiB authors. |
| Authors eligible: | Corresponding authors affiliated with UiB or Haukeland University Hospital, that have listed UiB or Haukeland as their affiliation in the publication. Fully open access journals (gold open access) are only covered for UiB authors, not authors from Haukeland University Hospital. |
| Eligible 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. Eligible articles will be approved by the University Library based on the following terms and conditions. |
Wiley (no agreement from 1.1.2025)
There is no publishing agreement with Wiley from 1.1.2025. For researchers at UiB the consequences are as follows:
- The cost of publishing open access in Wiley’s subscription journals (hybrid open access) will no longer be covered. Researchers at UiB can still make their articles open access by uploading the accepted manuscript in Cristin.
- Researchers that publish in Wiley’s open access journals may apply for funding from the publication fund.
Questions
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