Open access agreements

American Chemical Society

FinELib consortium’s agreement with ACS offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles open access during the agreement term 2021–2023 without article processing charges (APC). There is a limited amount of free open access articles but they are estimated to cover publications for the contract period.

You are eligible if you meet the criteria below:

  • You are the corresponding author of the article who is to communicate with ACS through the peer review process.
  • You are a researcher or student in JYU.
  • Your article has been accepted for publication in one of the ACS’s Hybrid Journals or Full OA Journals.
    • See the list of eligible journals on FinELib's website.
    • NB. Alterations to the lists are possible during the agreement period.
  • Your article has been peer-reviewed (e-book articles are excluded).
  • Your article has been accepted during 1.1.2021–31.12.2023.

When submitting your manuscript in ACS’s Paragon Plus submission system, ACS recommends you to utilize an email address that is directly associated to your respective institutions, for enhancing ease of verification of qualification as a qualifying author.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in American Chemical Society Journals

BioMed Central, SpringerOpen (open access journals)

Open Science Centre will pay 50% of the article processing charges (publication fees) of BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. The author/department is responsible for the other 50%. In addition, a discount of 5% is granted from the original charge.

When your article is approved for publication, the publisher will take care of the proceeding of the publishing process. A discount of 5% is first deducted from the original article processing charge. Then the rest of the sum is split so that 50% is charged from an account maintained by Open Science Centre and 50% from the researcher or the unit. The corresponding author may agree on the invoicing address with the publisher.

Submission guidelines for members.

The University’s VAT number is: FI02458947.

Cogitatio Press

JYU has joined Cogitatio's Membership Program since 11th October 2018, enabling authors to publish in Cogitatio journals without having to directly incur any Article Processing Charges (APC).

Elsevier: Cell Press Journals

Under FinELib consortium’s agreement with Elsevier, corresponding authors can publish their articles open access without article processing charge (APC) in Cell Press hybrid journals eligible for the agreement. There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period 2022–2024.

You are eligible if you meet the criteria below:

  • You are the corresponding author of the article who is to communicate with Elsevier through the peer review process.
  • Your article has been accepted for publication in one of the Cell Press hybrid journals. NB! Alterations to the list are possible during the agreement period.
  • The acceptance date of your article is between Jan 1, 2022 and Dec 31, 2024.
  • Your article has been peer-reviewed. Peer-review article types include
    • full length journal articles
    • review articles
    • short communications
    • case reports
    • short reviews (surveys)
    • original software publications
    • data articles
    • micro-articles
    • protocols
    • replication studies
    • videos

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Cell Press journals

Elsevier: SD Freedom Journals

Under FinELib consortium’s agreement with Elsevier, corresponding authors can publish their articles open access without article processing charge (APC) in Elsevier hybrid journals eligible for the agreement. There is a limited number of free open access articles available during the agreement period 2021–2023. The hybrid title Journal of Great Lakes Research subscribed by Open Science Centre is also included in the agreement.

You are eligible if you meet the criteria below:

  • You are the corresponding author of the article.
  • You are a researcher or student of JYU.
  • Your article has been accepted for publication in one of the Elsevier’s hybrid journals.
    • See the list of eligible journals on FinELib's website.
    • The Journal of Great Lakes Research subscribed by OSC is also included in the agreement.
  • The acceptance date of your article is between Jan 1, 2021 and Dec 31, 2023.
  • Your article has been peer-reviewed. Peer-review article types include
    • full length journal articles
    • review articles
    • short communications
    • case reports
    • short reviews (surveys)
    • original software publications
    • data articles
    • micro-articles
    • protocols
    • replication studies
    • videos

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in SD Freedom Journals

Emerald

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Emerald offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles under the CC BY-license with a free open access voucher.

  • No article processing charge for the author.
  • The vouchers can be used during the agreement term (1.1.2021–31.12.2023).
  • Corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Jyväskylä are eligible to use the free vouchers.
  • The author must use his/her institutional email address when submitting the manuscript. Emerald will recognize the authors eligibility for the voucher from the institutional email domain.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Emerald Premier Journals

IEEE

FinELib consortium’s agreement with IEEE offers authors an opportunity to publish their articles open access during the agreement term 2021 - 2023 without article processing charges (APC) in IEEE's hybrid and full OA journals. However, the author may be responsible for color, page or reprint charges. There is a limited amount of free open access articles but they are estimated to cover publications for the contract period.

You are eligible if you meet the criteria below:

  • You are the corresponding author of the article who is to communicate with IEEE through the peer review process.
  • You are a researcher or student of JYU.
  • Your article has been accepted for publication in one of the IEEE’s hybrid or fully open access journals.
  • Your article has been peer-reviewed.
  • Your article has been accepted for publication during 1.1.2021–31.12.2023.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in IEEE's Journals

Nature Research

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Springer Nature includes open access publishing in Nature Research hybrid titles (see journals list on FinELib's website) during the agreement term 1.6.2022–31.12.2024.

The corresponding author does not need to pay an APC (article processing charge). The charges are covered by the agreement.

Corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Jyväskylä are eligible to publish open access under the agreement. Open Science Centre verifies your affiliation to Springer during the publishing process. The agreement covers open access publishing of the following article types:

  • Original Paper
  • Analysis
  • Article
  • Letter
  • Brief Communication
  • Registered Report
  • Resource
  • Technical Report

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Nature Research titles

It is assumed that all corresponding authors will want to publish open access. If this is not the case with you, contact Open Science Centre before you complete the My Publication -process. They will reject verifying your affiliation in the system. You will then receive a new link to My Publication and your article will be published behind a paywall.

Open Book Publishers

Open Book Publishers is the biggest independent open access academic publisher of monographs in the UK and amongst the leaders in the English-speaking world.All members at the University of Jyväskylä have free access to the various formatted digital editions of every title of OBP. List of all OBP books.

Open Library of Humanities

The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship, mainly with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). OLH is funded by an international consortium of libraries who have joined to make scholarly publishing fairer, more accessible, and rigorously preserved for the digital future. Open Library of the Humanities - A better path to open access for the humanities

Oxford University Press (OUP)

FinELib’s agreement with OUP allows authors from JYU to publish open access in OUP’s hybrid journals at no additional charge. The costs of OA publishing are covered by the agreement and paid for from Library budgets. You are eligible if you meet the criteria below:

  • You are affiliated with JYU.
  • Your article has been received into production in one of OUP’s hybrid titles during 1.1.2021–31.12.2023.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article.
  • Your article has been peer-reviewed.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in OUP's Journals.

Royal Society of Chemistry

Researchers can publish their articles open access in Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) hybrid journals without additional payment. Open access publishing is free for the researcher, since the costs have been covered as a part of FinELib consortium’s agreement. You are entitled to free open access publishing in RSC journals if

  • Your article is being published in an RSC hybrid journal
  • You are the corresponding author of your article
  • Your article has been accepted during 1.1.2020–31.12.2021
  • You are a researcher/student/staff member in JYU

NB: RSC identifies eligible authors based on their email address. When submitting your article to RSC, please use the email address of your own organization.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Royal Society of Chemistry Journals

SAGE

Researchers of JYU can publish their articles open access with CC BY license during the agreement period 1.1.2020–31.12.2022

  • free of charge in Sage hybrid journals
  • with 20 % discount of the journal’s APC (Article Processing Charge) in Sage's Gold OA -journals

See the lists of the hybrid and Gold OA journals covered by the contract on FinELib's website.You are entitled to publish your article free or with the discounted APC if:

  • your article has been accepted to be published during 1.1.2020–31.12.2022 in one of the Sage journals covered by the contract
  • you are affiliated with JYU
  • you are the corresponding author of the article

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in SAGE Journals

If you require any assistance, you can contact Sage's customer support at openaccess@sagepub.com

Science Advances journal (AAAS)

Researchers of JYU get a 15 % discount when publishing in Science Advances, journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).All articles in Science Advances are immediately open access. Information about Science Advances APC fees can be found on Science Advances website.You are entitled to the discount if you meet the following requirements:

  • You are the paying author, which is usually the corresponding author, or the person acting on the author’s behalf using the online payment system.
  • Your article has been accepted during 10.12.2021–2.12.2022.
  • You are a researcher, student or staff member of JYU.

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Science Advances journal

SCOAP3

SCOAP3 is a partnership of over three thousand libraries, key funding agencies and research centers. Open Science Centre is one of the partners.SCOAP3 has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to open access at no cost for authors. List of SCOAP3 journals https://scoap3.org/phase2-journals/

Springer Compact

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Springer Nature includes open access publishing in Springer’s hybrid titles in the Compact collection (see journals list on FinELib's website) during the agreement term 1.1.2021–31.12.2023. The corresponding author does not need to pay an APC (article processing charge). The charges are covered by the agreement.

Corresponding authors affiliated to the University of Jyväskylä are eligible to publish open access under the agreement. Open Science Centre verifies your affiliation to Springer during the publishing process. The agreement covers open access publishing of the following article types:

  • Original Paper
  • Review Paper
  • Brief Communication
  • Continuing Education

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Springer Compact -collection.

It is assumed that all corresponding authors will want to publish open access. If this is not the case with you, contact Open Science Centre before you complete the publishing process. They will reject verifying your affiliation in the system and your article will be published behind a paywall.

Taylor & Francis

Researchers of JYU can publish their articles Open Access free of charge in the Taylor & Francis Open Select standard rate journals and in the Open Access journal Annals of Medicine if their articles have been accepted for publishing Dec 24th 2021 or later. 

NB: There is a limited number of free OA articles available, and they are likely to run out at the turn of August–September.

You are entitled to publish your article open access free of charge if

  1. Your article is accepted for publishing Dec 24th 2021 or later in one of Taylor & Francis Open Select Standard Rate journals or in the open access journal Annals of Medicine.
  2. You are researcher, teacher, other staff or student in the University of Jyväskylä.
  3. You are the corresponding author of your article.

Please, check that you are publishing in a journal covered by the agreement since the information about the OA agreement is sent to all authors.

Eligible articles are core, peer reviewed research articles, defined below but not necessarily limited to the below list:

  • Article
  • Review
  • Research Article
  • Review Article
  • Report
  • Short Communication
  • Case Report
  • Note
  • Original Article
  • Guest Editorial

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Taylor & Francis Journals

Wiley

FinELib consortium’s agreement with Wiley enables the researchers to publish their articles open access without additional charge in Wiley’s Full OA and hybrid journals during the agreement term 2020–2022. The agreement includes a fixed and limited annual amount of funds for OA articles.

  • In 2020, approximately 53% of articles by the authors of the subscribing institutions were published open access without additional charge (Article Processing Charge, APC).
  • In 2021, approximately 75-80 % of articles were published open access without additional cost.

NB: According to Wiley, the open access funds of 2022 are likely to run out in October.

You are eligible to publish your article open access, if you fill the following requirements:

  • you are the corresponding author of the article
  • your article has been accepted during 17.2.2020–31.12.2022
  • the type of your article is primary research article or review article
  • you are a researcher, student or staff member of JYU
  • your article is published in Wiley’s Full OA or hybrid journals

Your institution verifies your affiliation to Wiley during the publishing process.

Creative Commons (CC) licenses

For more information and instructions to the corresponding author, see Open Access Publishing in Wiley Journals

 

The questions concerning open access publishing can be sent to openpublishing@jyu.fi