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The University Library Zurich has concluded Open Access agreements with the academic publishers listed below, which offer a full or partial discount on the Open Access publication fees to the authors affiliated with the University of Zurich. Based on theOpen Access strategy for Switzerland, the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries is negotiating national Read&Publish (R&P) agreements. Some further agreements are negotiated into institutional licenses and Open Access memberships or the publishers offer an alternative approach towards transitioning subscription-based journals into Open Access.
Authors who wish to publish their articles Open Access under the agreements must consider the criteria listed below.
The University Library recommends that funded publications are generally published under a Creative Commons (CC) license (or equivalent) that is as free as possible, e.g. CC BY. The choice of license is up to the authors and also depends on the offer of the respective publishing house.
There are no costs for UZH researchers for Open Access articles in journals of the following publishers. Article processing charges (APCs) are covered by UB Zurich. The specific conditions of the individual agreements can be found under the respective publisher:
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Valid for articles inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals accepted from 1.1.2023.SNSF-Funding: The agreement with ASC excludes funding for articles inhybrid journals that acknowledge funding by the National Science Foundation (SNSF). The authors will be given the option to publish the article Open Access at a reduced rate. For SNSF-funded articles published inGold Open Access journals, ACS will automatically apply for article to be funded Open Access on behalf of the authors. |
Covered article types | All article types (except: additions, corrections or editorials).
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Agreement term | 01. 01.2023 - 31.12.2025 |
Article limit | The article quota for 2024 has been reached on 24.10.24. The cost for the Open Access article processing charges (APCs) will no longer be funded in 2024. As of 01.01.2025 a new allocation of Open Access articles will be open to use. |
Publication process | During submission, corresponding authors select their institution from a drop-down box and use the institutional email address. All Open Access articles are published under a CC BY 4.0 license. Workflow for Open Access publishing. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles accepted for publication in following hybrid journals: Advances in Mathematics of Communications Journal of Modern Dynamics |
Covered article types | All types of articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 – 31.12.2024 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
Corresponding authors should list the University of Zurich as their affiliation institution upon manuscript submission and use the e-mail domain of the UZH. It is important that the eligible authors notify the publisher that their article should be published Open Access when replying to proofreading message sent from the publisher. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid journals (exceptions: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan and Physics Today) with acceptance date on or after 01. 01. 2022. |
Covered article types | All article types. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31.12.2024 |
Article limit | Annually limited |
Publication process | Corresponding authors follow the workflow with confirmation of affiliation to the "University of Zurich" when submitting the manuscript and select the option "I wish to publish Open Access as part of an institutional agreement". |
Valid for |
Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles in following hybrid and Gold Open Access journals:ACM publications (journals, magazines, and conference proceedings) with acceptance date on or after 01. 06. 2022. |
Covered article types | Interview, Note, Research article, Review article, Short paper, Survey, Technical note, Tutorial, Case Study. |
Agreement term | 01. 06. 2022 - 31. 12. 2025 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process | Corresponding authors must indicate their affiliation with the University of Zurich in the submission system and use the institutional e-mail address. Corresponding authors will also be asked to fill out the eRights form on which the rights to be granted and a Creative Commons license can be selected. |
ACM |
Valid for | The costs for Open Access are waived for articles in eligibleAnnual Reviews journals and is not restricted to authors affiliated with a specific institution. |
Eligible journals | Due to the "Subscribe to Open" model, UZH members do not pay Open Access fees; these are covered by the university library through subscription fees. The journals offered are listed via the publisher's website. Subscribe to Open |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles inhybrid journals (XLSX, 23 KB) of the BMJ Standard Collection. |
Covered article types | Original research articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 – 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit |
Annually limited Covers around 12 articles for publishing Open Access. Applies throughout Switzerland for all participating institutions. |
Publication process | During the submission process the author will be prompted to select the Open Access agreement affiliation (the agreement name or the affiliated institution) will be available to select in the dropdown options. BMJ identifies the authors by the institutional email domain. OA publication process guide for authors (PDF, 1 MB). |
BMJ |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to accepted articls inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals (XLSX, 47 KB) of the Humanities and Social Sciences collection of the publisher (not included: law journals). |
Covered article types | Review articles, research articles, case reports, and brief communications. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 – 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process | During the process of submitting the article for publication the author must make sure to fill out their affiliation using the “autofill-option” and include their institutional email address and select “Open Access” in the submission menu. Once the manuscript is accepted the author completes the Open Access license to publish. Brill’s default Open Access license is CC-BY. OA publication process guide for authors (PDF, 303 KB). |
Brill |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals (XLSX) with acceptance date on or after 01.01.2021. 10% discount on APCs of Gold Open Access seriesPrism andResearch Directions. |
Covered article types | Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communication, Brief Reports, Case Reports. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
After acceptance of their article, corresponding authors will receive an email with a link to complete theCambridge Publishing Author Journey (PDF, 2 MB) publication process. If you would like to publish your article Open Access free of charge, please select the "Gold Open Access" option. You will then have the option to choose between the CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND or CC-BY-NC-SA license. |
The Open Access publisher Cogitatio Press publishes journals in the field of social sciences, in particular to media, politics, social inclusion and urban planning. All journals are published under the CC-BY license.
Valid for | Applies to all articles with corresponding authors from UZH with publication date until 31. 12. 24. |
Journals | Cogitation Journals |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Publication process | The publisher checks the UZH affiliation of corresponding authors based on the identifier of the e-mail address "uzh.ch". |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Genes and DevelopmentGenome Research RNA Learning & Memory CSH Molecular Case Studies |
Covered article types | Fully peer-reviewed research, review and case-study articles. |
Agreement term | Applies to all articles accepted for publication between 01. 01. 2023 and 31. 12. 2024. |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
For more information to the publication process see the "Information for Authors" link at each journal homepage. Once the article is accepted for publication, authors will then be informed of the Open Access publishing options. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Hybrid journals: Gold Open Access journals: |
Covered article types | Research articles. |
Agreement term |
01. 01. 2024 – 31. 12. 2026 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
Detailed information on the publication process can be found on the website of the respective journal under "Information for researchers and authors". If the article has been accepted, the author will be informed about the Open Access publication options. |
The Company of Biologists |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles in thesubscribed hybrid journals (XLSX, 85 KB) (spreadsheet UZH) in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. |
Covered article types | All types of articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Publication process |
By submitting the manuscript and consenting to the Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA), authors agree that their accepted article will be published as Open Access under a CC BY license if funding of the article costs (APC) is possible via the Open Access Agreement with the University Library/Central Library of Zurich. Once the article has been accepted, the author will receive an e-mail notification that the article funding has been approved by the affiliated institution and will be published automatically Open Access. If the author does not wish to publish the article Open Access the publisher “De Gruyter” has to be informed accordingly:oafunding@degruyter.com.
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Valid for |
Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the associated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles in the followinghybrid and Open Access journals (Elsevier Core, inc. Cell Press and The Lancet journal series). |
Covered article types | Case reports, Data, Full-length articles, Micro-articles, Original software publications, Practice guidelines, Protocols, Review articles, Replication studies, Short communications, Short surveys, Video articles. |
Agreement term |
01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2028 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
After acceptance of your article, corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to Elsevier's Rights and Access PortalElsevier_Workflow (PDF, 1 MB). Please enter "University of Zurich" as "Corresponding Author's Organization". If you want to publish your article free of charge Open Access, please select the "Gold Open Access" option. |
Elsevier |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inGold Open Access journals with acceptance date on or after 01. 01. 2022. In the case of subscription journals, there is the possibility to post the accepted version of the article without an embargo period inZORA via the green Open Access route. |
Covered article types | Peer reviewed articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | The article quota for 2024 has been reached. |
Publication process |
Corresponding authors are asked to indicate affiliation with the University of Zurich during thesubmission process (PDF, 1 MB). |
IEEE |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals (exceptions: Journals of the Electrochemical Society and the American Astronomical Society) with acceptance date on or after 01.01.2022. |
Covered article types | All primary research articles (incl. research papers, special issue articles, letters and review articles). |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
Corresponding authors follow theIOP-Workflow and ensure that the affiliation with the University of Zurich is indicated on the article itself and on the submission form. After verification of eligibility for free Open Access publication by the publisher, the authors will receive a confirmation by e-mail. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles inhybrid journals (XLSX, 26 KB) submitted from 01. 01. 2023. |
Covered article types | All types of articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process | The publisher identifies eligible authors as part of the submission process. The affiliation with the University of Zurich and the UZH email address must be provided. Authors will be informed by the publisher about the possibility of Open Access publishing at no additional cost. |
John Benjamins |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles with acceptance date from 2023 inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals. |
Covered article types | Research articles, systematic reviews, case-reports, meta-analyses and methods articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 - 31. 12. 2025 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
During the submission process, the University of Zurich or one of the university hospitals must be specifiedWorkflow. (PDF, 195 KB) |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid journals with acceptance date from 01. 01. 2022. |
Covered article types | Original research articles, Case reports, Review papers. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | Annually limited |
Publication process |
During the submission process, the question whether the publication should be published Open Access should be answered with "yes". The system identifies the corresponding authors by providing the e-mail address of the University of Zurich or the university hospitals. The corresponding institution (University of Zurich or university hospitals) must be specified accordingly. After acceptance, the corresponding authors are requested to place anOA order in the publisher's payment portal, where the funding of the APC by the University of Zurich can be requested:Workflow (PDF, 593 KB). |
LWW |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles with acceptance date on or after 01. 01. 2023 in hybridNature Research journals. Nature Gold Open Access journals and the Nature Reviews, Nature Protocols and Scientific American journals are excluded. |
Covered article types |
Original Paper. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 - 31. 12. 2025. |
Article limit |
The article quota for 2024 has been reached on 13.05.24. The cost for the Open Access article processing charges (APCs) will no longer be funded in 2024. As of 01.01.2025 a new allocation of Open Access articles will be open to use. |
Publication process |
After acceptance of your article, corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to complete the publication process in "MyPublication" of Springer Nature Workflow Springer Nature (PDF, 1 MB). Please enter "University of Zurich" for the institution affiliation. This affiliation information will automatically be assigned to the Open Access agreement and further information on article acceptance by the University of Zurich will appear. |
Springer Nature |
OLH is funded through an international consortium of libraries and funders. OLH provides a peer-reviewed, scholarly gold Open Access mega-journal as well as a publishing platform for humanities journals.
Valid for | The Open Access article fees are covered for corresponding authors that are member of the University of Zurich. |
Journals | OHL journals |
Publication process | No special identification is required for UZH researchers. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid journals with acceptance date on or after 01. 01. 2023. 10% discount on all APCs of Gold OA journals. |
Covered article types |
Research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports. Articles in supplements (i.e. specifically designated issues supplementary to a journal’s usual publication, often sponsored by third parties) are not included. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit | Annually limited |
Publication process |
After acceptance of the article, corresponding authors will receive an email with a link to OUP’s Online Licencing and Payment System (SCiPris). SciPris will check the institutional affiliation of the author and article type to determine if the author is eligible to use the funds under the agreement.Process of Open Access publishing. |
OUP |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to accepted articles in the publisher'shybrid journals. 15% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) inGold Open Access journals of the publisher. |
Covered article types | All types of articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2026 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process |
When the manuscript is accepted, the corresponding authors receive an email. The system identifies you by the institution's email domain (uzh.ch) with a Read&Publish agreement. You select a publication route and sign the license for Open Access publication. The articles are published under the CC BY licenceWorkflow (PDF, 2 MB). |
RSC |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals | Applies to articles inhybrid and Gold Open Access journals accepted from 01. 01. 2023. |
Covered article types | Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports, Case Reports. |
Agreement term | 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025 |
Article limit | Unlimited |
Publication process | After acceptance of their article, corresponding authors will receive an email to complete the workflow via the SAGE Open Access Portal. The author agrees to Open Access publication and selects the Creative Commons licenseWorkflow. Retrospective Open Access publishing: Articles can be published Open Access free of charge within 14 days after acceptance. After this period the offer expires. Retrospective Open Access publishing requires a new request and will incur a fee of £ 400.–. This fee is not included in this agreement and can’t be covered. |
SAGE Publishing |
SCOAP3 is an international consortium of libraries and funders. Its goal is to continuously transform central journals in high energy physics to Open Access. We finance an annual contribution based on the researchers' publication output.
Valid for | The Open Access article fees are covered for corresponding authors that are members of the University of Zurich. |
Journals | SCOAP3 journals |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2022 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Publication process | Please refer to the specific regulations of the individual journals. |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies articles with acceptance date on or after 01. 01. 2023 in allhybrid journals of Springer Nature. Gold Open Access journals of BioMed Central and SpringerOpen are excluded. |
Covered article types |
Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2023 - 31. 12. 2025. |
Article limit |
Annually limited |
Publication process |
After acceptance of your article, corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with a link to complete the publication process in "MyPublication" of Springer Nature (Workflow Springer Nature (PDF, 1 MB)). Please enter "University of Zurich" for the institution affiliation. This affiliation information will automatically be assigned to the Open Access agreement and further information on article acceptance by the University of Zurich will appear. |
Springer Nature |
Valid for |
Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to all articles accepted for publication on or after 06. 02. 2024 inOpen Select (hybrid) and full Open Access journals (XLSX). |
Covered article types | Original research articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 01. 2024 - 31. 12. 2027 |
Article limit | Annually limited |
Publication process |
Corresponding authors are identified as a member of the University of Zurich either at the time of submission or when the article is accepted via the e-mail domain or when they select the University of Zurich from a drop-down menu. In order to cover the Open Access article fees through the library, the publicationworkflow (PDF, 2 MB) must be followed with the payment option under the consortium's Open Access agreement. |
Taylor&Francis |
Valid for | Corresponding authors are members of the University of Zurich or one of the affiliated university hospitals. |
Eligible journals |
Applies to articles inhybrid journals (XLSX) with acceptance date on or after 01. 05. 2021. |
Covered article types | Primary research and review articles. |
Agreement term | 01. 05. 2021 - 31. 12. 2024 |
Article limit |
The article quota 2024 for the publication of Open Access articles has been fully reached on 04.11.24. Accepted articles will not be eligible for Open Access publication free of charge until 31.12.2024. |
Publication process |
Once the article has been accepted, log in as a corresponding author underWiley Author Services Dashboard. Under "My Articles," locate your article and click "Manage Article" and then "Select Open Access." You may be prompted to add or confirm the affiliation you entered during submission. If prompted, select "Yes, make my article open access". UB Zurich will be notified of your request. If your Open Access request is approved, you will receive a confirmation email. Your accepted article will then be published on Wiley Online Library under a Creative Commons license Open Access. Workflow informationen. |
Wiley |
Researchers affiliated with the University of Zurich receive discounts on article fees for publications in journals of the following listed publishers. The exact conditions can be found at the individual publishers.
Valid for | Applies to authors from the University of Zurich or university hospitals. |
Discount | 15% |
Journals | |
Publication process | After the article has been accepted, authors receive an e-mail informing them that the article fee (APC) must be paid. This email contains a link to the RightsLink for Open Access APC payment system. The discount can be redeemed in the article process "Apply Discounts". Enter the University of Zurich in the search field and select the institution from the drop-down list. |
AAAS |
The publisher offers over 170 Open Access journals in the fields of Science, Health, Engineering and humanities and social sciences.
Valid for | Applies to authors from the University of Zurich or university hospitals.funding guidelines (PDF, 110 KB). |
Discount | 26% |
Journals | Frontiers journals |
Publication workflow |
In the course of submitting the article, the University of Zurich must be selected in a drop-down menu. Subsequently, it is checked whether the funding guidelines (PDF, 110 KB) are adhered to and, in unclear cases, the author is contacted. All journals starting with "Frontiers in" are part of this agreement. Only a few journals listed below are not included and the discount on article fees can't be applied. |
Valid for | Applies to corresponding authors from the University of Zurich or university hospitals. |
Discount | 20% |
Journals |
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Publication workflow | When submitting from the IP range of the University of Zurich or specifying the e-mail address (UZH or affiliated hospital), the membership of the University of Zurich is preselected. In the case of articles from the humanities and social sciences, the UB Zurich assumes the entire article fee (APC). In this case, the author will be contacted by the UB Zurich. |
Valid for | Applies to corresponding authors from the University of Zurich. |
Discount |
For "Regular research articles" that are immediately published Open Access, there is adiscount due to the subscription fees of the university library. |
Journals | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) |
Publication workflow | There is no automatic system that recognizes authors whose institution has a current journal subscription. Indicate this when filling out the billing formalities. |
PNAS |