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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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ACM - Association for Computing Machinery |
free APCs for all peer-reviewed articles |
complete list |
ACS - American Chemical Society | free APCs for Gold OA and Hybrid OA articles; capped at 177 articles accepted in 2024, and 216 accepted in 2025 at the national level. | complete list |
BMJ Standard Collection | free APCs for 'Original Research' Hybrid OA articles; capped at 12 accepted articles at the national level in 2024 | complete list |
Cell Press | → see Elsevier | |
Dove Press OA publisher |
→ see Taylor&Francis | |
Elsevier | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles by the publishers Elsevier, Cell Press, and Lancet Journals | complete list |
F1000 Research platform OA publisher |
→ see Taylor&Francis | |
Frontiers OA publisher |
free APCs for articles submitted in 2023, until exhaustion of the amount prepayed by USI | all journals
Attention: only USI staff entitled to Gold Open Access reimbursement are allowed to publish within the agreement » see inclusion criteria |
IEEE | free articles in all Gold OA journals; capped at the national level at 132 articles between 2022 and 2024.
Warning: the quota of articles for 2024 has been reached. |
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John Benjamins | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | all journals |
Karger Journals | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
Lancet Journals | → see Elsevier | |
MDPI OA publisher |
20% discount on APCs | all |
Nature | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles. National quota for 2024: 86 articles
Warning: the quota of articles for 2024 has been reached. Publication under the agreement is suspended until 2025. |
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Oxford University Press | free APCs for Hybrid OA articles; capped at 304 articles for 2024, and 216 for 2025 at the national level. | complete list |
PLOS 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 | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
Taylor&Francis | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles, including Dove Press (Gold OA) and F1000 Research platform (Gold OA). National yearly quota: 702 articles accepted in 2024, 716 in 2025, 730 in 2026, and 745 in 2027. |
complete list |
Wiley | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles
Attention: the funds for publication under the agreement are expected to run out in early November. |
complete list |
Financial support for Open Access publishing