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Library publishing agreements

Linköping University Library has a number of Read and Publish agreements with publishers. These agreements cover both rights to access articles and Open Access publishing for LiU authors. This page includes information about these agreements and a search box for finding out if individual journals are covered by an agreement.

The Library’s publishing agreements can cover the whole, or part of, the Article Processing Charge (APC) when publishing in hybrid journals and pure Open Access journals. You can find an exhaustive list of our agreements and discounts further down on this page.

Read more about hybrid journals and other types of Open Access journals at: Open Access

A basic requirement to publish under one of the agreements is that you are formally affiliated with Linköping University. Such an affiliation can be that you are an employee, a PhD student, or a professor emeritus at LiU. Beyond these categories, a formal LiU affiliation is defined in the decision from the Vice-Chancellor from 31 May, 2021, Dnr LiU-2021-02223.

Criteria for receiving discount on APC

Beyond a formal affiliation to LiU, the following requirements are necessary for you to publish under one of the agreements:

 

You are the corresponding author.

The corresponding author is also the person who submits the manuscript and maintains contact with the publisher during the publishing process.

 

You are using your LiU affiliation in the article and in the publisher’s manuscript submission system.

 

You are using your @liu email in the article and in the publisher’s manuscript submission system. 

If you don't have an @liu email, you may need to contact the publisher to verify your affiliation.

Important points to consider

  • By including your correct LiU affiliation and your @liu.se email address in the article and manuscript submission system, publishers will usually identify the article as covered by an agreement automatically. In some cases you need to provide certain information. If you are using the internet on campus or are using VPN when you submit your article, that might help the publisher to automatically identify your article as potentially covered by an agreement.
  • Please note that authors may still need to cover colour charges, page charges and other ancillary costs not covered by the agreements.
  • Since we are in a transition period when it comes to transformative agreements, journals which are covered by an agreement are subject to change. Use the search box below to find out if a specific journal is covered by any of our agreements. Please double check before submitting your article.
  • Types of article covered varies depending on the agreement. Please double check if you are about to publish an item that is not an original research article.

Which journals are covered by a publishing agreement?

Use the search box to find out if a specific journal is covered by any of the agreements. You can search journal title or name of publisher.

Contact

If you have any questions, contact the Library at biblioteket@liu.se

Available publishing agreements

LiU's agreements

American Chemical Society

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: All peer-reviewed articles

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: All peer-reviewed articles

Read more at publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals (except Conference proceedings).
  • Licence: CC-BY

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library

American Physical Society (APS)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: Types of articles covered by the agreement include regular articles, letters, rapid communications, reviews, perspectives och short papers. Other article types may be covered, please Contact the Publisher for further information.

Read more at publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s periodical publications. 
  • Licence: CC-BY is standard but other license options can be available on request
  • Article types: All articles defined by the publisher as research articles, including research articles, reviews and conference articles,

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

British Medical Journals Publishing (BMJ)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals (from the collections BMJ Premier Collection and BMJ Gold OA Journals).
  • Licence: CC-BY (CC-BY-NC for some journal)
  • Article types: Original research articles and reviews. Other terms may be used depending on the journal, please contact the Library for more information.

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s fully open access journals and hybrid journals in the Cambridge University Press Full Collection.
  • CC-BY is standard but the publisher also offers publication under CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA och CC-BY-NC-ND.
  • Article types: Research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports och case reports

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Cogitatio Press

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library.

Company of Biologists

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s journals. 
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article type: Original research papers.

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Elsevier & Cell Press

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers hybrid journals in the Freedom Collection (including learned society presses), fully open access journals and Cell Press. 
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article types: Data in brief, full-length article, insights, micro-article, original software publication, protocols, review article, short communication, short review och video article

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

De Gruyter

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all journals in De Gruyter Complete package, which permits open publishing in fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article types: Original research articles and Reviews
  • Only articles submitted from 1 Janury, 2025 are covered by the agreement

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Emerald

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers the publisher's all hybrid journals and fully open access journals
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article types: Research articles

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Institute of Physics (IoP)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals. 
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: Paper, special issue paper, review and letter

Read more at the publisher’s website

Publisher guide to the transformative agreement

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

IOS Press

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers the publisher’s hybrid journals in IOS Collection and all fully open access journals. 
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: All article types are covered.

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

John Benjamins

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: All article types are covered

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Karger

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY or CC-BY-NC
  • Article types: all types of articles are covered by the agreement

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

MDPI

  • The membership gives a 20 per cent discount on article publishing charges
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types:All types of articles are covered by the agreement

Read more at the publisher's website

The discount is awarded as a benefit of a free of charge membership.

Nature journals

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals, called Nature research journals. Please note that not all journals on the platform nature.com are included in the agreement; Nature protocols and Nature Review journals are not included. Please contact the Library if you have any questions.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: Original papers. Other terms may be used for this article type, please contact the Library for more information.

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Oxford University Press (OUP)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals (Oxford Journals Collection) and fully open access journals (OUP Fully Open Access).
  • Licence: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-NC-ND
  • Article types: All peer reviewed research articles labelled research article, review article, brief report and case report. 

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all the publisher’s hybrid journals (RSC Gold Collection) and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC
  • Article types: All article types are covered by the agreement

Read more at the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Royal Society Publishing (RSP)

The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.

The agreement covers eight hybrid journals and two fully open access journals:

  • Biology Letters
  • Interface Focus
  • Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  • Notes and Records of the Royal Society
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B                                                                       
  • Open Biology (pure OA journal)
  • Royal Society Open Science (pure OA journal)

Licence: CC-BY

Article types: The agreement covers all article types.
Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

SAGE

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals and fully open access journals
  • Licence: CC-BY is standard, but some journals use other creative common license as well. Make sure that you notify the publisher if the license required by your research funder is not offered. 
  • Article types: original research papers, review papers, brief communications, short reports and case reports. Other types of articles may be covered as well. Contact the publisher for further information.
  • The following article types are not included: Articles published as part of commercially sponsored material, errata, book reviews, editorials, published abstracts, call for papers, news items etc. 

Read more at the publisher's website

NB! If the corresponding author uses more than one affiliation, state Linköping University as the first affiliation. If not, the article might not be eligible to be covered by the agreement.

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

SPIE

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Springer Nature

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers a selection of hybrid journals and all the publisher's fully opern access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types covered by the agreement: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication and Continuing Education.

Read more at the publisher's website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Taylor & Francis

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers a selection of the publisher’s hybrid journals (Open Select Journals) and fully open access journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-ND
  • Article types: Research articles and review articles. 

Read more on the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Wiley

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers the publisher's hybrid journals and fully open access journals on the Wiley Online Library platform. 
  • Licence: Differs between journals, please check before submitting
  • Article types: Research articles and review articles. 

Read more on the publisher’s website

The agreement was signed by Linköping University Library via the national library consortium Bibsam.

Check for publishing agreements between individual publishers and Linköping University Library

Research funder agreements

Copernicus

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: The agreement covers all article types.

NB! Articles that are eligible to be published under the agreement are identified at submission. When submitting the article, and asked the question "Is the corresponding author affiliated with one of the following organizations," select the option "Swedish universities, university colleges, public agencies, and research institutes" in the dropdown menu. Then, select Linköping University.

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

eLife

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals. 
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article types: Research Articles, Short Reports, Research Advances, and Tools and Resources Articles 

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

Frontiers

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: The agreement covers all article types.

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

JMIR

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement. 
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals. 
  • Licence: CC-BY 
  • Article types: The agreement covers all article types 

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

Medical journals Sweden

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: All article types are covered.

NB! For the article processing charge to be covered by the agreement, corresponding authors must notify the editor at submission that they are affiliated to an organization that participates in the Bibsam agreement. There are no additional charges for submission or supplementary material for the authors.

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

PLoS (Public Library of Science)

  • The article processing charge is covered in full by the agreement.
  • The agreement covers all of the publisher’s journals.
  • Licence: CC-BY
  • Article types: The agreement covers all article types

The agreement is funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), Forte, Formas, and Vinnova finance publishing with several publishers that exclusively publish fully open access journals. 

This means that as a researcher at Linköping University who are corresponding author, you can publish articles in these publishers' journals without any fees. The same conditions apply regarding agreements signed by Linköping University Library, see information above.

Journals

PNAS

  • Since the Library has a subscription for the journal, LiU researchers are offered a discount on the APC. An invoice will be sent to the corresponding author for the remaining charge.
  • Updated information about the discounted price is available at the journal’s website. 
  • Licence: CC-BY or CC-BY-NC-ND

Read more at the journal's website

NB! Inform the publisher that Linköping University has an institutional discount on article processing charges.

Linköping University Library has a subscription for PNAS, which entitles LiU researchers to a discount on the article processing charge.

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