Financial support for Open Access
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACS - American Chemical Society | free APCs for Gold OA and Hybrid OA articles; capped at 138 articles accepted in 2023, 177 accepted in 2024, and 216 accepted in 2025 at the national level. | complete list |
| Elsevier | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
| Frontiers Gold OA publisher |
free APCs for articles submitted in 2023, until exhaustion of the amount prepayed by USI
Attention: only USI staff entitled to Gold Open Access reimbursement are allowed to publish within the agreement (» see inclusion criteria) |
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 |
| Nature | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
| Oxford University Press | free APCs for Hybrid OA articles; capped at 298 articles for 2023 and 177 for 2024, and 216 for 2025 at the national level. | complete list |
| 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 | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles | complete list |
| Taylor&Francis | 100% free APCs for Gold and Hybrid OA articles; capped at 450 articles for 2023 at the national level. | complete list |
| Wiley | 100% free APCs for Hybrid OA articles |
complete list |
Financial support for Open Access publishing