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The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and USI can provide financial support for publication expenses related to the Gold road to OA. Detailed information is available here: https://www.desk.usi.ch/en/node/3521.
Moreover, specific agreements regarding the price of APCs have been reached with some publishers. USI researchers that are corresponding authors of an article can profit from the following discount rates:
Moreover, specific agreements regarding the price of APCs have been reached with some publishers. USI researchers that are corresponding authors of an article can profit from the following discount rates:
Publisher | Agreement description | Journals |
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Elsevier | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
Frontiers Gold OA publisher |
free APCs for articles submitted between 01.03.2022 and 28.02.2023, until exhaustion of the amount prepayed by USI | all |
IEEE | free articles in all Gold OA journals; capped at the national level at 132 articles between 2022 and 2024. | complete list |
Karger Journals | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
MDPI Gold OA publisher |
20% discount on APCs | all |
PLOS Gold OA publisher |
100% free APCs in six Gold OA journals |
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SAGE | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles, 20% discount on APCs for Gold OA articles | complete list |
Springer Nature | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
Taylor&Francis | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles; capped at 366 articles for 2022 and 450 for 2023 at the national level. | complete list |
Wiley | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
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