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Current publisher agreements

Through national publisher agreements, researchers at Lund University can publish open access in many journals at reduced cost or with fully covered fees, while benefiting from simplified administration. This page lists all publishers with current agreements, along with brief information and publication conditions. The agreements cover author fees but do not include extra costs for additional pages or color figures.

The terms for publishing under these agreements are changing as the agreements are renegotiated, starting in 2026.

A collaboration between Swedish research funders enables researchers to publish free of charge with selected open access publishers, also listed here.

Learn more about how publication costs are handled at Lund University

For questions about the agreements or open access publishing, contact publicera [at] lub [dot] lu [dot] se (publicera[at]lub[dot]lu[dot]se)

Current agreements for publishing open access

AIP Publishing

The agreement covers
  • 25 hybrid journals
  • all fully open access journals
  • all peer-reviewed article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

For more information use this step-by-step guide on AIP Publishing site

American Chemical Society (ACS)

The agreement covers
  • all journals from the publisher, both fully open access and hybrid journals
  • all peer-reviewed article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

American Physical Society (APS)

The agreement with this publisher will be renegotiated in 2026, and the terms may be subject to change.

The agreement covers
  • all hybrid journals
  • the publisher’s open access journals for articles accepted from 1 January 2026 onwards
  • most peer-reviewed article types, for example: Regular Articles, Letters, Rapid Communications, Review, Perspectives and Short Papers

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

The American Society for Microbiology

The agreement covers
  • 6 journals from the publisher
  • discounts on page charges and fees for supplementary materials

The publisher offers publishing under the CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND licenses.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.
Contact

Contact the Medical Faculty Library about the agreement (web form)

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

The agreement with this publisher will be renegotiated in 2026, and the terms may be subject to change.

The agreement covers
  • ACM journals and conference proceedings
  • all peer-reviewed article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.
     

Bioscientifica

Agreement valid from January 1, 2026.

The agreement covers
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript. 

Brill

The agreement covers
  • all journals from the publisher, both open access and hybrid journals
  • article types: Research Articles, Review, Rapid Communication, Brief Reports and Case Reports
  • 20% discount on BPC (Book Processing Charges)

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Bristol University Press and Policy Press

The agreement with this publisher will be renegotiated in 2026, and the terms may be subject to change.

The agreement covers
  • 20 hybrid journals
  • original research articles

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Cambridge University Press

The agreement covers
  • around 400 journals, both open access and hybrid
  • article types: Research Articles, Review, Rapid Communications, Brief Reports and Case Reports

Articles are published under the CC-BY license, but the publisher also offers publication under CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, and CC-BY-NC-ND.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Author guide on the publisher’s website

Cogitatio Press

The agreement covers 
  • all journals from the publisher

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

The Company of Biologists

The agreement covers
  • all journals, open access and hybrid
  • original research papers

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Author instructions and additional information on the publisher’s site

Copernicus

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

Articles covered by the agreement are identified already when submitting a manuscript to Copernicus journals. The corresponding author should select “Swedish universities, university colleges, public agencies, and research institutes” from the dropdown menu, and then choose their organization.

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

De Gruyter

The agreement covers
  • both open access and hybrid journals
  • article types: primary research articles and review articles

Journals from the publishers Sciendo and Ubiquity Press, which is owned by De Gruyter, are not covered by the agreement.

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Duke University Press

Articles can be published open access in the journal Demography.

Most Creative Commons licenses are accepted by the publisher.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

For questions regarding the agreement, contact Lund University School of Economics and Management Library: research_support [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (research_support[at]ehl[dot]lu[dot]se)

The Electrochemical Society

The agreement allows open access publication in the two hybrid journals of The Electrochemical Society:

  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology

Authors can publish under either the CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND license.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist
  • To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:
  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Enter “ECS Plus” under “Step 6 – Open Access Waivers, Charges and Credits” in the publisher’s manuscript submission system.

eLife

Researchers at Lund University can publish articles open access in eLife at no cost. The publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • article types: Research Articles, Short Reports, Research Advances och Tools and Resources Articles

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement: 

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript. 

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

Elsevier

The agreement covers
  • journals from Elsevier and Cell Press
  • both open access and hybrid journals
  • article types: Data in brief, Full-length article, Insights, Micro-article, Original software publication, Protocols, Review, Short communication, Short review and Video Article

Articles are published under a CC BY license by default, but it is also possible to choose other licenses.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

More information about the publication process is available on the publisher’s website

Emerald

The agreement covers
  • both open access. and hybrid journals
  • research articles
  • publication on Emerald’s open peer review platform, Emerald Open Research

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

European Mathematical Society

The agreement covers
  • 22 journals from the publisher

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Frontiers

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license.

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

The Geolocial Society of London

The agreement covers
  • 7 hybrid journals
  • 3 book series

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Institute of Physics (IOP)

The agreement covers
  • both open access and hybrid journals
  • article types: Paper, Special issue paper, Review and Letter

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

The International Water Association (IWA)

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

IOS Press

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

JMIR Publications

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

John Benjamins

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Karger

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all peer-reviewed article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Mathematical Sciences Publishers

The agreement covers 5 journals:
  • Geometry & Topology
  • Algebraic & Geometric Topology
  • Algebra & Number Theory
  • Analysis & PDE
  • Pacific Journal of Mathematics

Publication is available under a Creative Commons license.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

MDPI

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

For MDPI this applies to articles submitted from 1 January 2026.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

Microbiology Society

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • article types: Paper, Special issue paper, Review and Letter

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

More information and instructions are available on the publisher’s website

MJS Publishing

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

Nature Research Journals

The agreement covers
  • most of the publisher’s open access journals
  • the majority of the publisher’s hybrid journals
  • research articles that have undergone peer review, which the publisher refers to as Original paper. Sometimes referred to as Original Research, Original Article or Research Paper

Review articles are not covered by the agreement.

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Oxford University Press

The agreement covers
  • both open access and hybrid journals
  • Peer-reviewed article types such as Research article, Review, Brief report and Case report

CC BY is the default license, but some journals permit only more restrictive licenses, e.g., CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND. The publisher’s “Standard License” is not open access, articles under it remain behind a paywall.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Pensoft Publishing

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

Applies to Pensoft Publishing articles submitted from 1 January 2026.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article. 

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

PLOS

Researchers at Lund University can publish open access articles in the publisher’s journals at no cost. Publication is jointly funded by the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license.

To be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must state an affiliation with Lund University in the published article.

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • List Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

No further action is required by the author. Payment is handled by the funders.

Portland Press / Biochemical Society

The agreement covers
  • all Biochemical Society journals published by Portland Press
  • all article types that require a publication fee

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Royal Society of Chemistry

The agreement covers
  • all hybrid journals

The agreement does not cover the publisher’s open access journals. To publish in these journals, it is possible to apply for funding to cover publication fees

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Royal Society Publishing

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • all article types

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

SAGE

The agreement covers
  • all open access journals
  • most of the publisher’s hybrid journals

For these titles, a submission fee applies when the article is submitted. This fee is not covered by the agreement:

  • American Sociological Review
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
  • Cephalalgia
  • Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
  • Journal of Health and Social Behavior
  • Social Psychology Quarterly
  • Sociological Methodology
  • Sociological Perspectives
  • Sociological Theory
  • Sociology of Education
  • Teaching Sociology

Articles are normally published under a CC BY license. If a research funder requires another Creative Commons license, this will be accepted provided the author informs the publisher.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics

The agreement covers
  • all journals

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Springer Nature

The agreement covers
  • all open access journals
  • most of the publisher’s hybrid journals
  • article types: Original Paper, Review, Brief Communication and Continuing Education

All articles are published under a CC BY license. 

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Taylor & Francis

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • article types: Article, Research article and Review

Terminology for article types may vary between journals. Article types such as Editorial, Announcement and Book Review are not included.

Publication in journals from Dove Medical Press and PeerJ, and on the platform Faculty of 1000 (owned by Taylor & Francis), is not covered by the agreement.

Articles are published under a CC BY license by default, but other licenses may also be selected.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

Wiley

The agreement with this publisher will be renegotiated in 2026, and the terms may be subject to change.

The agreement covers
  • all journals
  • Articles in the main categories: Original Article, Primary Research Article, and Review 

Some journals may use different names for article types, but these can still correspond to the main categories. If in doubt, contact the publisher.

Most journals offer the CC BY, CC BY-NC, or CC BY-NC-ND licenses. For just over 60 journals, CC BY is only used if required by a research funder.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.

More information about the agreement and how to use it is available on the publisher’s website

World Scientific Publishing

The agreement covers
  • all journals

Authors can choose between different Creative Commons licenses.

In order to be eligible under the agreement, the corresponding author must hold an affiliation with Lund University and list this affiliation in the published article.

Author checklist

To ensure that an article is identified as part of the agreement:

  • State Lund University as your affiliation in the article.
  • Enter your affiliation in the publisher’s submission system, if possible.
  • Use your Lund University email address (ending in lu.se or lth.se) when submitting the manuscript.