- For Researchers
- 5. Publish, Utilize and Make Your Research Visible
- Open Access
- Grants for publishing open access
Grants for publishing open access
If you are a researcher at Linnaeus University and the author of a publication that is published open access, you can apply for a grant to cover the publishing fee, in whole or in part. You also have access to agreements for prepaid and discounted publication fees. This is a part of the University Library's research support.
Apply for a Publishing Grant
Article in Journal
Are you a researcher at Linnaeus University whose article has been accepted to an open access journal? If so, you can apply for a grant to cover the publishing fee. The purpose of the publishing grant is to facilitate the transition to an open science system. According to the research proposal from 2016, the aim is that at the latest 2026, all publicly funded publications should be open access immediately when they are published.
Within this support, the university will only provide grants for publishing in so called gold open access journals, that is, journals that make their articles open access without delay. For open access publishing in subscription based journals, so called hybrid open access, there are agreements on prepaid and discounted publication fees. Read more about this further down on this page.
What terms apply for a Open Access Publishing Grant?
Applies from 181022.
- Grants are provided for publishing in fully open access journals (journals not funded through subscription fees and where all articles immediately become open access). Grants are not provided for publishing in hybrid journals. The journal should meet the quality requirements of OASPA
- The applicant must be the corresponding author of the article
- The applicant must state the affiliation Linnaeus University in the article
- Grants are not provided for students (with the exception of doctoral students)
- Grants are only provided for publication fees (APC), and not for associated costs such as extra pages, images etc.
- A maximum of 30 000 SEK can be granted for each article. A maximum of 60 000 SEK can be granted per monograph/anthology.
- If the applicant's external research funder offers the possibility to finance the publishing fee, the application will not be granted
- We practice the "first come, first served" principle, and when the allocated funds are used up, the open access grant will cease.
- Immediately after the article is published, it is also to be published in full text in DiVA
Monographs, Anthologies and Book Chapters
We also accept applications for grants regarding open access publishing in monographs, anthologies and book chapters. Send your application to researchsupport@lnu.se.
Prepaid and Discounted Publication Fees
As an employee at Linnaeus University, you have access to various prepaid or discounted publication fees. On this page you will find information about what agreements are available and what you, as an author, need to do to take part in them.
Publication in an open access journal or with an open access publisher means that the research is immediately available on the Internet. There is no subscription required for readers to access the material since the funding is handled in other ways, such as publication fees (APC - Article Processing Charge) or funds and contributions from the issuing organisation.
Through membership of the Bibsam consortium, Linnaeus University has access to a number of agreements with various publishers that give authors at the university the access to different prepaid or discounted publication fees.
Via SciFree you can search for journals where you as a researcher at Linnaeus University can publish open access free of charge:
The agreements are all different - read more about each individual agreement below.
To be entitled to prepaid publication fees and discounts, you must be the corresponding author for your article. You must also be affiliated to Linnaeus University and use your e-mail address from Linnaeus University (firstname.lastname@lnu.se).
At present, Linnaeus University has agreements with the following publishers:
ACM (2022-2026)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish peer reviewed articles in all serial publications from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) free of charge. The agreement covers about 150 journals and newsletters as well as 1000 conference publications. E-books are not included in the agreement.
A CC-BY license is the default choice when publishing, but the author has the option to choose which license to use.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/acmopen-faq
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American Chemical Society (ACS) (2024-2025)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles in the publisher's fully open access journals and subscription-based journals that offer hybrid open access.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
On acceptance of your article by a journal, you must complete and submit the journal’s copyright or licence-to-publish form and indicate that the article is to be published as open access. During a subsequent procedure with the service RightsLink, you should enter your affiliated institution at the required stage. By selecting Linnaeus University as your institution your article will be published free of charge (the APC payment will be waived).
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American Institute of Physics (AIP) (2023-2024)
The agreement gives authors of participating institutions the right to publish open access free of charge in 25 hybrid journals from AIP Journals (Journal of the Physical Society of Japan is not included).
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication, the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://publishing.aip.org/resources/researchers/open-science/read-and-publish/authors/
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American Physical Society (APS) (2023-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles in the publisher's hybrid journals (9 journals) and open access journals (5 journals) free of charge. Publication within the agreement applies to articles that are accepted for publication in 2023-2024.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
Which journals are included?
Via SciFree you can search for journals where you as a researcher at Linnaeus University can publish open access free of charge:
BMJ (2023-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals and their fully open access journals free of charge.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://authors.bmj.com/open-access-sweden/
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Brill (2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals and their fully open access journals free of charge. Articles accepted after January 2021 are eligible.
Authors from participating institutions are entitled to a 20% discount when publishing open access books.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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Which journals are included?
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Cambridge University Press (2022-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles in the publisher's fully open access journals and hybrid journals (Full Collection, about 400 journals).
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
On acceptance of your article by a journal, you must complete and submit the journal’s copyright or licence-to-publish form and indicate that the article is to be published as open access. During a subsequent procedure with the service RightsLink, you should enter your affiliated institution at the required stage. By selecting Linnaeus University as your institution your article will be published free of charge (the APC payment will be waived).
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Which journals are included?
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Cogitatio (2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's fully open access journals (5 titles) free of charge.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://www.cogitatiopress.com/index/about/aboutInstitutionalMembers
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De Gruyter (2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals (De Gruyter Journals) and the fully open access journals (De Gruyter Open Journals).
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication in one of De Gruyters' journals, the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organization participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the organisational identity and/or email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you have indicated that you belong to Linnaeus University and that you use your lnu.se email address. Contact persons at the University Library will then verify that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://www.degruyter.com/cms/pages/funding-support?lang=en
Which journals are included?
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Elsevier (2024-2027)
The agreement gives authors of participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the Science Direct Freedom Collection (incl. journals from learned societies), Cell Press and all fully open access journals. Hybrid journals in The Lancet journal family (incl. The Lancet) and certain titles from learned societies are not covered by the agreement. The agreement covers articles submitted between 1/1 2020 - 31/12 2023. It's the "first submission" date that counts.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
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Emerald (2021-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals and their fully open access journals (two journals as of now) free of charge. The agreement also includes publications on the platform Emerald Open Research.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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Frontiers (2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's fully open access journals free of charge.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://www.frontiersin.org/about/publishing-fees
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John Benjamins (2023-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in all of the publisher's journals. All articles are published with a CC-BY license. The agreement covers all types of articles.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication, the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organization participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the organisational identity and/or email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you have indicated that you belong to Linnaeus University and that you use your lnu.se email address.
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https://benjamins.com/content/authors/read_publish_deals
Which journals are included?
Via SciFree you can search for journals where you as a researcher at Linnaeus University can publish open access free of charge:
MDPI (2024)
The agreement with MDPI gives authors from participating institutions a 20% discount on the article processing charge when publishing in one of the publisher's journals.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
You must state your affiliation to Linnaeus University to gain access to the discount. The APC can be covered by a publishing grant from the university. Contact researchsupport@lnu.se for more information.
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Which journals are included?
MJS Publishing (2024)
MJS Publishing (formerly Medical Journals Sweden) is a Swedish publisher that only publishes fully open access journals in the field of medicine. At present, they publish nine journals. The agreement with MJS Publishing is a publishing agreement and involves paid publishing in all of the publisher's journals
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://medicaljournalssweden.se/
Which journals are included?
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Oxford University Press (2022-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles in the publisher's hybrid open access journals (365 titles) in the Oxford Journals Collection. The agreement also covers the publisher's fully open journals (about 90 titles) in the collection 2022 OUP Fully Open Access.
The number of free articles is shared between the members of the consortia and are therefore assigned according to the principle "first come, first served". The agreement covers all peer reviewed research articles.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
On acceptance of your article you must complete and submit the journal’s copyright or licence-to-publish form and indicate that the article is to be published as open access. During this procedure you should enter your affiliated institution at the required stage. By selecting Linnaeus University as your institution your article will be published free of charge (the APC payment will be waived). You should also use your lnu.se email address (to facilitate verification).
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https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
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PLOS (2024-2025)
The agreement with PLOS gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles in the publisher's fully open access journals (15 titles). All articles are published with a CC-BY license.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organisation participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you use your lnu.se email address, and that you indicate that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
PLOS has recorded an instruction on how researchers should proceed in the system if they want to have the publication fee covered by the national agreement: https://vimeo.com/727034731
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https://plos.org/your-journal-options/
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PNAS (2024)
The agreement with the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gives authors from participating institutions the option to pay a discounted publication fee of $5300 for an article with a CC BY-NC-ND license or a CC-BY license. Note that all articles in PNAS automatically become freely available after 6 months.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
You must state that you want to publish open access and state that you belong to Linnaeus University and that the university has a subscription to PNAS to gain access to the discount.
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https://www.pnas.org/page/subscriptions/open-access
Which journals are included?
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SAGE (2024-2027)
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
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https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/open-access-agreements-at-sage/sweden
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Springer (2022-2024)
The agreement gives authors of participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals, known as Open Choice, and to retain their copyright with a CC-BY license.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
Once your article is accepted for publication, you will get a link to Springer's publishing platform MyPublication. There you indicate that you belong to Linnaeus University, and input your lnu.se email address (to facilitate verification). After completing the information, the University Library will automatically be notified in order to verify your institutional affiliation.
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Which journals are included?
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Springer Nature Fully OA (2022-2024)
The agreement gives authors of participating institutions the right to publish their articles in Springer Nature's range of fully open access journals free of charge (462 titles).
Imprints included in the agreement:
- BioMed Central (BMC)
- Springer Open Journals
- Springer Nature
- Nature Research
- Palgrave Macmillan
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
Once your article is accepted for publication, you will get a link to Springer's publishing platform MyPublication. There you indicate that you belong to Linnaeus University, and input your lnu.se email address (to facilitate verification). After completing the information, the University Library will automatically be notified in order to verify your institutional affiliation.
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https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/institutional-agreements/oaforsweden
Which journals are included?
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Taylor & Francis (2022-2024)
The agreement gives authors from participating institutions the right to publish their articles open access in the publisher's hybrid journals (Open Select - about 2200 titles), and in the publisher's fully open journals (about 185 titles).
Research and review articles are included in the agreement. These are usually categorised as "Article", "Research Article", "Review" or "Review Article", but variations exist. Other article types such as Editorials, Announcements and Book Reviews are not included.
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
When an article has been accepted for publication in one of Taylor & Francis' journals, the publisher checks if the person listed as corresponding author belongs to an organization participating in the Bibsam agreement. The author is identified by the organisational identity and/or email address provided upon submission of the article. It is therefore important that you have indicated that you belong to Linnaeus University and that you use your lnu.se email address. Contact persons at the University Library will then verify that you are affiliated to Linnaeus University.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/members/bibsam-consortium
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Wiley (2022-2024)
What do I need to do as the corresponding author?
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Contact us
Do you have questions regarding financial support for open access publishing? Please contact researchsupport@lnu.se.