The 1st of July, swissuniversities has announced a new transformative Open Access agreement with Springer Nature. Access to scientific publications is guaranteed and Swiss academic community researchers will be able to publish immediately in Open Access in more than 2000 hybrid journals from Springer Nature. More details on the new publication modalities at Springer Nature are available on the page listing the various UNIGE agreements with publishers.

After contract signing with Elsevier in May 2020, this agreement is the second national contract with a major publisher, supporting all academic and research institutions across Switzerland as they transition to Open Access.

More information:

• https://www.unige.ch/biblio/en/search/national-negociations/
• https://www.unige.ch/biblio/en/openaccess/