Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals as well as Open Access publication in hybrid and gold journals. Since 2023

100%

List of included titles.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 138 articles in 2023 [Yearly quota has been reached on October 17, 2023].
  
• 180 articles in 2024 [20 left, as of 02.10.2024]
  
• 216 articles in 2025

Once the quota is reached, a reduced APC of $3000 applies (see "partial coverage of publication costs" below).

Articles accepted since January 1, 2023.

All types of articles are covered except the following: additions, corrections or editorials.

Articles published in the framework of SNSF-funded projects are excluded from the agreement but are eligible for a reduced APC of $3,000 (see "partial coverage of publication costs" below).

Please also note that the ACS has annouced a fee of $2500 for making the accepted version of the manuscript available without embargo (e.g. if the Rights Retention Strategy is used).

Licence CC BY 4.0

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva and must mention it when he/she submits the article.

More information on the ACS website.

31.12.2025

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) for some hybrid journals. Since 2020

100%

• Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
• Physics Today

and fully Open Access (Gold OA) titles.

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 136 articles in 2022 [78 left, as of 03.10.2022]
• 140 articles in 2023 [85 left, as of 04.10.2023]
• 142 articles in 2024 [98 left, as of 02.10.2024]

Articles accepted since January 1, 2022,  of the following type: peer-reviewed primary research article or review article.

License CC BY 4.0

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva and must mention it when he/she submits the article.

See AIP's website and the procedure in images.

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to paid journals and Open Access publication in hybrid and gold journals of the publisher. Since June 2022

100%

Unlimited

All fully peer-reviewed research articles published in ACM’s magazines, conference proceedings and journals

License CC BY 4.0

Authors must simply inform the publisher of their correct affiliation (UNIGE or HUG) so that the publication costs are automatically covered.

31.12.2025

Articles submitted since January 1, 2023, of the following types:

• Research articles
• Reviews
• Introductory articles

Read&Publish licence including subscription to paying journals and Open Access publication in the publisher's hybrid journals. Associated with a prepayment account for publication in Gold OA journals. Since 2024

100%

• BMJ Case Reports*
• Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
• Supportive & Palliative Care
• any other journal published by BMJ and not present in the list of included titles

*This journal is excluded of the Publish part of the agreement. However, the UNIGE has a subscription granting Read access and a fellowship code (SF0263669), which is a prerequisite to submit a case report to the journal.

• For publication in hybrid journals: A national quota of 12 articles by Swiss authors is provided for (no extension possible). (46% remaining as of September 2024)
• For publication in Gold OA journals: The amount prepaid by the UNIGE will cover at least 12 articles from the institution. (7 remaining as of 17.06.24)

All Original research articles accepted after January 1st, 2024. This includes the following subtypes:

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0.

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals. Since 2023

100%

• Biochemical Journal
• Clinical Science
• Neuronal Signaling
• Bioscience Reports
• Biochemical Society Transactions
• Essays in Biochemistry
• Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

None

Articles accepted since January 1, 2023 and until the end date of the agreement, whatever their type.

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva and must mention it when he/she submits the article.

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform during submission. (see detailed  procedure with screenshots)

31.12.2024

Agreement

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journalsas well as Open Access publication in those same journals. Since 2023

Discount

100%

Included titles

No publication fees for authors in all hybrid titles published by this publisher, i.e:

• Journal of Endocrinology
• Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
• Endocrine-Related Cancer
• Reproduction

Excluded titles

All 100% Open Access titles from this publisher (gold journals)

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

Articles accepted since January 1, 2023 and until the end date of the agreement.

License

CC BY 4.0

Procedure

The corresponding author must submit the manuscript on the publisher’s platform using his/her institutional email address (@unige.ch @hcuge.ch or @etu.unige.ch).

Validity

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to all journals of the publisher from 1997 if available, and publication in Open Access to most of the titles. Since 2021. renewed in 2024.

100%

No publication fees for authors in most of the Hybrid and Gold Journals of this publisher (full list of included titles)

To be defined.

Newly launched Gold OA series "Prism" and "Research Directions" are excluded and priced separately, but receive a 10% APC discount.

Unlimited

Articles accepted after 1 January 2024 and of the type:

• Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Rapid Communication
• Brief Reports
• Case Reports

The publisher's platform offers the choice of CC BY 4.0 (or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch or the author's ORCID.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option (decision of the rectorate), then selects, at the choosen license.

NB: Authors of eligible articles can retroactively opt for the Open Access option, in the same calendar year as the article publication.

For publications that are not eligible under the scope of this agreement, the author can make his or her article Open Access by depositing the Accepted manuscript in the Archive ouverte UNIGE, without embargo for SSH journals, and with 6 months embargo for STM journals. When depositing the published PDF version, a 5-year embargo is required.

31.12.2026

Institutional membership. Since 2020

100%

All titles published by CogitatioPress

Unlimited

The verification of the affiliation of the corresponding author is done on the basis of his/her @unige.ch email address.

31.12.2024

Agreement

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals (including backfiles since 1853) as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals. Since 2023

Discount

100%

Included titles

No publication fees for authors in all titles published by this publisher, i.e:

• Development
• Journal of Cell Science
• Journal of Experimental Biology
• Disease Models & Mechanisms
• Biology Open

Excluded titles

None

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

Original research paper articles accepted since January 1, 2023 and until the end date of the agreement.
All other article types (review papers, commentaries, correspondence, corrections, additions, posters or any other content or material) are excluded.

License

CC BY 4.0

Procedure

The affiliation of the corresponding author is used to determine eligibility. When submitting an article, the corresponding author must include his/her institutional email address (@unige.ch @hcuge.ch et @etu.unige.ch), as well as the full name and address of his/her institution, including country. Then, he or she should select “Gold Open Access” and “Read & Publish fee waiver”.

Full guide for authors is available here.

N.B. Authors who had not taken advantage of the free Open Access option at the time of publishing can ask for retrospective Open Access or ask for a refund of paid APC, as long as the article was accepted between January 1, 2023 and December 31^st, 2025.

Validity

31.12.2025

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) in the publisher's hybride and Gold journals. Since 2020

100%

No publication fees for authors in any of the 2500+ titles listed here, Cell Press and The Lancet journals included.

Publication costs are not covered in some (400+) Learned Society journals.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2020 : 2'850 articles [110 left, as of 30.05.2024]
• 2021 : 3'000 articles [148 left, as of 30.05.2024]
• 2022 : 3'150 articles [458 left, as of 30.05.2024]
• Since 2023 : unlimited

The date of acceptance of the article is taken into account from 2024 (new contract).

The date of submission of the article is taken into account between 2020 and 2023 (old contract).

All open access article types are eligible and include: full length articles; review articles; case reports; data-in-brief; micro-articles; original software publications; practice guidelines;
protocols; replication studies; short communications; short surveys; and video articles

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch / @hug.ch.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option (decision of the rectorate), then selects, at the next step, the "CC BY" or "CC BY-NC-ND" license (see Illustration below).

NB: Authors of eligible articles can retroactively opt for the Open Access option, until 31 January of the year following the article publication.

31.12.2028

Publication agreement with pre-payment amount. Since 2022

100%

All Frontiers' journal titles (more than 100) with the exception of 1 partner journal (see "excluded titles" below)

• Aerospace Research Communications

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

UNIGE prepaid to the publisher publication costs. Until this amount is used up, UNIGE authors publish free of charge in Frontiers journals.

Authors funded by the SNSF must submit publication fees to the SNSF via the Chronoshub platform.

Articles of all types, accepted for publication on or after March 1st, 2022.

CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch.

31.12.2024

Agreement

Read&Publish license including access to all subscription journals as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals (across three imprints: Future Medicine Ltd, Future Science Ltd and Newlands Press Ltd). Since 2023

Discount

100%

Included titles

No publication fees for authors in all 33 (hybrid as well as fully open access) titles published by this publisher, i.e: this list.

Excluded titles

None

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

All articles (including letters, comments, editorials) (excluding Drug Evaluation articles and articles funded or sponsored by pharma/biotech) that have been accepted for publication since January 1, 2023 and until the end date of the agreement.

License

CC BY 4.0

Procedure

The affiliation of the corresponding author is used to determine eligibility. When submitting an article, the corresponding author must include his/her institutional email address (@unige.ch @hcuge.ch et @etu.unige.ch).

S/he must complete an open access form (see here) and upload it either at submission or revision.

N.B. Authors can identify themselves as an eligible Author within 3 months of acceptance of publication to enjoy free open access publication. Should the Author wish to amend the format to an Open Access article, after the 3-month period, a 50% Open Access fee will be chargeable.

Validity

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to 400+ subscription journals, as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) for 24 Gold OA journals. Since December 2021.

All hybrid journals.

For these journals, authors can obtain from the publisher an Accepted Version of their publication, with a copyright notice, in order to make it freely available via the Archive ouverte UNIGE.

132 articles over three years(12.2021->12.2024) for all Swiss academic institutions.

18 left, as of April 2024 [quota has been reached on August 8, 2024].

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to all IOPscience extra journals (except for two), as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) for 75 journals. Since 2022.

100%

List of included titles.

• ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
• Journal of the Electrochemical Society

unlimited (no quota)

Articles accepted since January 1, 2022, of type: All primary research articles, including research papers, special issue articles, letters and review articles

License CC BY 4.0

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva.

The only thing he/she has to do is to accept the attribution of a CC-BY license to his/her article.

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to the 300+ subscription journals of the publisher, and publication in Open Access in the publisher's ~300 hybrid journals. Since 2022

100%

All the publisher's hybrid journals. List available here

All full Open Access (=Gold) journals.

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 125 articles in 2022 [74 left, as of 21.09.2022]
• 192 articles in 2023 [91 left, as of 30.11.2023]
• 261 articles in 2024 [152 left, as of 02.10.2024]

Research articles (including case reports) or Reviews accepted after 1 January 2022.

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

Corresponding author must be affiliated with Université de Genève or HUG.

This video (3min16) present how to request Request Funding for Open Access Article Processing Charges within the scope of this agreement through the RightsLink platform (link to the platform will be provided by the journal, once the article is accepted for publication).

Authors must fill-in a Licence to Publish (LTP) provided by LWW (an example can be found here). Make sure you select ULA in Schedule B of the document, on page 4, as shown below (click on the image to enlarge)

31.12.2024

20% publication charges reduction offer through Library consortium and the remaining 80% is paid by the UNIGE. Since 2019

All MDPI titles (more than 200)

Unlimited

The recognition of the corresponding author's affiliation is done on the basis of his/her @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch email address.

Invoices must be sent by the affiliated authors to the Publication Support Fund via this request form.

31.12.2024

Agreement

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals (including backfiles since 1947) as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals. Since 2023

Discount

100%

Included titles

No publication fees for authors in all titles published by this publisher, i.e:

• Microbiology
• Journal of General Virology
• Journal of Medical Microbiology
• International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
• Microbial Genomics 
• Access Microbiology

Excluded titles

None

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

Articles accepted since December 1, 2022 and until the end date of the agreement, whatever their type.

License

CC BY 4.0

Procedure

The corresponding author must submit the manuscript on the publisher’s platform using his/her institutional email address (@unige.ch @hcuge.ch, @hug.ch or @etu.unige.ch).

Full procedure is available here.

Validity

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including subscription to a selection of paid journals (pick and choose for each institution) and Open Access publication in selected journals (identical list for all swiss institutions). Since 2023.

100%

37 Nature Research hybrid journals (including the Nature journal itself) in this list.

Since 2021, an agreement also exists for Springer journals, see details below.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2023: 78 articles [yearly quota has been reached on May 11, 2023]. 
• 2024: 86 articles [yearly quota has been reached on May 13, 2024].
  2025: 94 articles
  

Publications accepted as of January 1, 2023 as long as they are of the following publication types :

• Original paper, which might also be may also be referred to as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper
  

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the institutional email address.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option , then selects, at the next step, the "CC BY" license.

Information on the SpringerNature website.

31.12.2025

Read&Publish license including access to the publisher's journals and Open Access publication in hybrid titles and a few gold Open Access journals. Since 2023

100% discount on Open Access fees. Important note: some journals still charge page fees and/or colour fees that remain payable by the author despite the discount. See here for the list of journals charging those kind of fees.

List of included titles.

Other Gold Open Access journals, for which a 10% discount applies [see "partial coverage of publication costs (APCs)"].

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2023 : 338 articles [129 left as of 03.10.2023]
  
• 2024 : 337 articles [70 left, as of 26.09.2024]
  

Articles (research or review articles, brief report, or case report) accepted as of January 1, 2023 for which the author is affiliated with a Swiss institution that has signed the contract.

Note: If you are publishing your article in a Supplement, then you are not eligible to use Read and Publish funds to cover the open access charge.

The types of licences available are dependent on what each Eligible Journal offers.

The UNIGE Open Access policy requires UNIGE authors to select the most open one (= CC BY 4.0 if available)

Support must be requested as part of the agreement upon acceptance in the payment section of the platform.

Full procedure available on the Oxford University Press website.

Authors should NOT pay an invoice themselves before contacting us.

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals. Since 2023

100%

• Biochemical Journal
• Clinical Science
• Neuronal Signaling
• Bioscience Reports
• Biochemical Society Transactions
• Essays in Biochemistry
• Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

None

Articles accepted since January 1, 2023 and until the end date of the agreement, whatever their type.

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva and must mention it when he/she submits the article.

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform during submission. (see detailed  procedure with screenshots)

31.12.2024

Special agreement allowing institutional authors to publish in Open Access for free in 6 of the publisher's journals. Since 2022

100%

• PLOS ONE
• PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• PLOS Genetics
• PLOS Computational Biology
• PLOS Pathogens
• PLOS Digital Health
• PLOS Complex Systems

The other 6 journals published by this publisher

CC BY 4.0 License

Corresponding author must be affiliated with Université de Genève or HUG

31.12.2024

Agreement

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals (including backfile since 1947) as well as Open Access publication in all the publisher's journals. Since 2023

Discount

100%

Included titles

No publication fees for authors in all hybrid journals published by this publisher, i.e:

• Journal of Cell Biology (JCB)
• Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM)
• Journal of General Physiology (JGP)

Excluded titles

Life Science Alliance which is a Gold Open Access journal

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

Research articles that areaccepted between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023.

License

CC BY 4.0

Procedure

The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of Geneva (or HUG) and mention it as its affiliation in the paper.

Full procedure is available here.

Validity

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to all subscription journals, as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) in the publisher’s journals. Since 2021.

100%

All RSC subscription titles (hybrid journals). List.

All 100% Open Access titles from RSC (gold journals), for which a 15% discount applies [see "partial coverage of publication costs (APC)"]

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

unlimited (no quota)

The verification of the affiliation of the corresponding author is done on the basis of his or her email address @unige.ch; all that remains to be done is to select the Open Access license CC BY 4.0 (as requested by UNIGE OA policy) when the manuscript is accepted.

31.12.2026

Read&Publish license including access to the Political Science and Sociology collections, since 1999 if available, and Open Access publication in all the publisher's titles. Since 2021

100%

No publication fees for authors in any of the journals listed here (list include 900+ hybrid titles and 180 Gold OA)

Unlimited (no quota)

Hybrid articles accepted after January 1, 2021. 

Gold articles accepted after January 1, 2023.

As long as they are of one of the following types: Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports, Case Reports

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform (University of Geneva or University Hospital Geneva).

Once identified, the author chooses the Hybrid or Gold Open Access option, then selects CC BY 4.0 license.

31.12.2025

Worldwide consortium of libraries for the transformation of Particle Physics journals to Open Access. Since 2014

100%

11 titles from various publishers (https://scoap3.org/phase2-journals/). In some titles, only High-Energy Physics articles are concerned.

unlimited (no quota)

No specific author's action is required to benefit from this deal. Payment of APCs to the publisher is done directly by SCOAP3.

SCOAP3 et UNIGE

31.12.2024

Read&Publish license including access to subscription journals on SpringerLink as well as coverage of Open Access publications fees (APCs) in Open Choice journals of Springer, Palgrave, Adis, and Macmillan. Since 2020

100%

No publication fees for authors in 2000+ hybrid titles listed here.

Since 2023, an agreement also exists for Nature journals, see details above.

Gold Open Access journals.

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2020 (6 months): 690 articles [quota reached in 12.2020]
• 2021: 1'423 articles [quota reached on 11.11.2021]
• 2022: 1'437 articles [230 left, as of 03.11.2022]
  
• 2023 : 1523 articles [217 left, as of 08.12.2023]
  
• 2024 : 1520 articles [359 left, as of 10.10.2024]
  
• 2025 : 1629 articles

• Original Paper (aka Research Paper)
• Review Paper
• Brief Communication
• Continuing Education

as long as the quota isn't reached when they are accepted for publication.

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option , then selects, at the next step, the "CC BY" license.

Information on the SpringerNature website.

31.12.2025

Read&Publish license covering access to journals from "Human and Social Sciences", "Science and technology", "Medicine" and "Expert Opinion" collections from 1997 if available, and Open Access publication in all titles, including Gold journals, Dove Press, F1000 Research, Routledge Open Research and MedEdPublish. Since 2021.

100%

• Open Select Journals (hybrid),
• Open/Full Gold OA Journals (Gold),
• Dove Press (Gold),
• F1000 Research platform (Gold),
• Routledge Open Research (Gold)
• MedEdPublish (Gold)

No publication fees for authors in any of the 2500+ titles listed here.

None.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2024 : 702 articles [365 left, as of 04.09.2024]
• 2025 : 720 articles
  
• 2026 : 734 articles 
• 2027 : 749 articles

Articles accepted when the quota has not yet been reached are eligible.

Liste des types d'articles concernés pour les titres Taylor & Francis:

• Article Commentary
• Brief Report
• Case Report
• Data Note
• Discussion
• Dissertation
• Essay
• Legal Case
• Method
• Note
• Pictorial Work
• Rapid Communication
• Registered Report
• Reply
• Report
• Research Article
• Research Letter
• Review Article
• Target Article

Liste des types d'articles concernés pour les titres F1000 Research, RoutledgeOpen Research et MedEdPublish:

• Data Notes
• Correspondence
• Genome Notes
• Case Studies
• Study Protocols
• Registered Reports
• Software Tool Articles
• Brief Reports
• Policy Briefs
• Research Articles
• Method Articles
• Antibody Validation
• Articles, Reviews
• Systematic Reviews
• Clinical Practice Articles
• Case Reports
• Opinion Articles

Liste des types d'articles concernés pour les titres Dove:

• Case Report
• Original Research
• Review

CC BY 4.0 license.

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform (University of Geneva or University Hospital Geneva). but also with email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option, then selects the CreativeCommons CC BY license.

31.12.2027

Read&Publish license including access to 1'600+ journals of the publisher from 1997 if available, and publication in Open Access in most of the titles. Since 2021

100%

No publication fees for authors in any of the 1'400+ titles listed in this list.

There are, however, some titles (about 85) that charge the author additional fees, for example for color figures.

All full Open Access (=Gold) journals.

The UNIGE Publication Fund provides financial support for gold open access publishing if its criteria are met. Do not hesitate to check them and apply.

The agreement speficy an annual amount of money devoted to publication costs for all Swiss academic institutions. It is estimated that this will cover :

• 2021 (8 months) : ~1'000 articles [80 left, as of 13.12.2021]
• 2022 : ~ 1'100 articles [quota used up as of 21.09.2022] 
• 2023 : ~ 1'200 articles [quota used up as of 17.10.2023]
  
• 2024 : ~ 1'350 articles [8.5% left, as of 09.10.2024]
  

Only articles accepted after 1st May 2021 are eligible and for which the corresponding author is affiliated to our institution.

Date of acceptance for publication by the journal is considered with regards to the quota.

Article types eligible under this agreement: All primary research and review articles. Other article types (ex. letters, editorials etc.) are excluded ! When in doubt, use this file provided by publisher.

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0 or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Online Open" option , then selects, at the next step, the Creative Commons CC BY license. (decision of the rectorate)

See the illustrated procedure.

31.12.2024

Discount offer related to the Read&Publish contract. Since 2023

• People who do not publish for an SNSF-funded project: all ACS journal titles
• People publishing for an SNSF-funded project: only ACS hybrid journals (gold publication costs are covered by the SNSF).

No discount for ACS Omega.

The recognition of the affiliation "University of Geneva" of the corresponding author is done during the submission process of the manuscript

31.12.2025

Institutional BMC Supporter membership subscribed to by the Library. Since 2013

15% discount on the publication charges (APC)

All BMC titles

Until February 2023, the date of initial submission of the manuscript was used as the reference date.

From February 2023 onwards, the date of acceptance by the journal is decisive.

Eligible articles types:

• Original Paper (aka Research Paper)
• Review Paper
• Brief Communication
• Continuing Education
• Editorial Notes
• Letter

After acceptance of the article, the corresponding author is invited to fill in a form to pay the APCs. The recognition of the author's right to the discount is based on the affiliation indicated in this form, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch used as well as the IP address of the computer used at the time of filling in this form.

31.12.2024.

Library subscription program (institutional fellowship) with the publisher BMJ. Since 2010

The institutional fellowship allows for publication in BMJ Case Report without the need to subscribe to an individual fellowship. Open Access fees (optional and separate) remain applicable.

BMJ Case Reports

Corresponding author must indicate his/her UNIGE affiliation and enter the Fellowship code: SF0263669

Agreement

Transformative Agreement including access to all subscription journals of this publisher, as well as Open Access publication some journals. Since 2023

Discount and special prices

Publisher’s standard OA fee for authors will be reduced from US$3700 to US$1800.

In addition, the standard article processing charge (APC) applying normally for all published articles, is waived if the author chooses Open Access.*

     * ($1500 for Genes & Development, Genome Research, and RNA; $440 for Learning & Memory).

Included titles

All hybrid titles published by this publisher, i.e:

• Genes & Development
• Genome Research
• RNA
• Learning & Memory
• Molecular Case Studies

Excluded titles

We have subscription access to the following journals, but free open access publication in these journals is not possible (articles are commissioned by the editors, who do not accept other submissions and the journals aren’t Open Access) :

• CSH Protocols
• CSH Perspectives in Biology
• CSH Perspectives in Medicine

Quota

Unlimited

Eligible articles

All article types accepted for publication during the term of this Agreement (01.01.2023-31.12.2024) for which authors have the option to pay a fee for Open Access publication.

This excludes comment and editorials.

License

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to selectCC BY 4.0

Procedure

The corresponding author must indicate his/her affiliation to the University of Geneva when s/he submits the article.
Corresponding authors can change their minds later if they do not choose OA upon publication.

Validity

31.12.2024

Discount on publication fees for all authors affiliated with the University of Geneva. Since 2022

90% discount on the regular article publishing charge (APC)

Discount is available only for articles published in one of the 62 titles subscribed to by the library. See the tab UNIGE in that list.

Note: if the option to publish in Open Access is not selected, the agreement still allows self-deposit of the published version (editor's PDF) in Archive ouverte, in free access and without any embargo (green road of Open Access)

All titles the University of Geneva Library does not have a subscription for.

Note: for articles published in journals which are not in the above list, authors may self-deposit the published version (editor's PDF) in Archive ouverte with a 1 year embargo, after which the article will be open access to all (green road of Open Access)

Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0

31.12.2024

Offer under the Read&Publish license for Gold OA journals. Since 2023

10% discount on Open Access publication fees (APCs)

Gold Open Access titles

 The discount should appear directly on the invoice. Ask for it or contact us if this is not the case.

31.12.2024

Discount on publication fees for all authors affiliated with the University of Geneva. Since April 1st 2022

25% discount on the regular article publishing charge (APC)

Hybrid titles:

• Biology Letters
• Interface Focus
• Journal of the Royal Society Interface
• Notes and Records of the Royal Society
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and
  Engineering Sciences
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Open Access titles:

• Open Biology
• Royal Society Open Science

Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 4.0

31.12.2024

Offer under the Read&Publish license for Gold OA journals. Since 2021

15% discount on Open Access publication fees (APC)

The verification of the affiliation of the corresponding author is done on the basis of his or her email address @unige.ch; all that remains to be done is to select the Open Access license CC BY 4.0 (as per UNIGE OA policy)when the manuscript is accepted.

31.12.2023

Discount offer related to subscriptions taken at AAAS by the Library. Since 2018.

15% discount on the amount of the publication fees (APC)

Science Advances

All other AAAS journals. The publisher's other titles. For these, AAAS has indicated that on a trial basis, it allows authors to place a CC BY licence on their accepted author manuscript, if the research is funded by the organisations belonging to cOAlitionS that have indicated they have adopted the Rights Retention Strategy.

Corresponding author can request the application of the discount on the RightsLink platform, searching for "University of Geneva"in the “Affiliation Discount” search box.  (Details of the procedure on the publisher's website)

02.12.2025

Linked with institutional BMC supporter membership subscribed to by the Library. (BMC belong to SpringerNature)

15% discount on the publication charges (APC)

All SpringerOpen titles

All articles accepted for publication in 2023 or 2024.

Eligible articles types:

• Original Paper (aka Research Paper)
• Review Paper
• Brief Communication
• Continuing Education
• Editorial Notes
• Letter

After acceptance of the article, the corresponding author is invited to fill in a form to pay the APCs. The recognition of the author's right to the discount is based on the affiliation indicated in this form, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch used as well as the IP address of the computer used at the time of filling in this form.

31.12.2024.

Library support program for an essential archival and dissemination service for physics, astronomy, mathematics... Since 2016

https://arxiv.org/

Library support program for critical infrastructure for Open Access via participation in SCOSS. Since 2021

• The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a service to identify and give visibility to Open Access books.
• The Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) Library aims to preserve Open Access books and information about them for the long term.

https://www.doabooks.org/ et https://oapen.org/

The Library supports the Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ), an essential registry of Gold Open Access scholarly journals. Since 2019

https://www.doaj.org/

The University Rectorate has set up a central fund to cover part of the cost of publishing (Article Processing Charges or APCs) in Gold Open Access journals, or for books and books chapters that follow similar principles. Since 2018

The fund can only be used on a subsidiary basis to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and never covers charges linked with publishing in hybrid journals. All details and allocation critera are listed on the request application form page.

The Library belongs to the international consortium that financially supports this organisation dedicated to open access scholarship in the humanities. Since 2018

https://www.openlibhums.org/

The University is a sponsor of this platinum publisher thanks to funding from the Physics Section. Duration of the agreement: 2021-2025.

SciPost is a comprehensive portal for scientific publications that are freely and openly accessible online, in line with the ambitions of Open Science and the long term.

SciPost Foundation: https://scipost.org/

University webpage: https://scipost.org/organizations/35/

The Library supports this database of journals/publishers' Open Access policies. Since 2019

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php - nouvelle version : https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

Read&Publish license including access to all journals of the publisher from 1997 if available, and publication in Open Access to most of the titles. Signed in 2021. Expired. See above for 2024-2026 agreement.

100%

No publication fees for authors in any of the 370+ titles listed here.

33 non-OA titles listed here (second tab).

For these titles, the author can make his or her article Open Access by depositing the Accepted manuscript in the Archive ouverte UNIGE, without embargo for SSH journals, and with 6 months embargo for STM journals. When depositing the published PDF version, a 5-year embargo is required.

Unlimited

Articles published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 and of the type:

• Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Rapid Communication
• Brief Reports
• Case Reports

The publisher's platform offers the choice between a CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0 (or CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

The UNIGE OA policy requires authors to select CC BY 4.0

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform, but also on the email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option (decision of the rectorate), then selects, at the choosen license.

NB: Authors of eligible articles can retroactively opt for the Open Access option, in the same calendar year as the article publication.

31.12.2023. Expired. See above for 2024-2026 agreement.

Read&Publish license covering access to journals from "Human and Social Sciences", "Science and technology" and "Medicine" collections from 1997 if available, and Open Access publication in most of the titles. Signed in 2021. Expired. See above for 2024-2027 agreement.

100%

No publication fees for authors in any of the 2400+ titles listed here.

Some (subscription only or Premium Tier 2 Journals) are excluded from the "Publish" part of the agreement, such as. Expert Reviews of ... et Expert Opinion on ...

For those titles, the author can make his article open access by depositing the Accepted manuscript in the Archive ouverte UNIGE with a few months embargo (to be checked for each title) on Sherpa Romeo: see this page.

The agreement covers an annual quota for all Swiss academic institutions:

• 2021 : 260 articles [quota reached in July 2021]
• 2022 : 366 articles [quota reached in October 2022] 
• 2023 : 450 articles [32 left, as of 01.12.2023]

Articles in Premium Tier 1 Journals should not account for more than 13% of all articles published in Switzerland.

Articles accepted when the quota has not yet been reached are eligible, provided they are of one of the following types:

• Article
• Review
• Research Article
• Review Article
• Registered reports
• Report
• Short Communication
• Case Report
• Note
• Data notes
• Original Article
• Guest Editorial

CC BY 4.0 license.

The recognition of the corresponding author is based on the affiliation reported on the publisher's platform (University of Geneva or University Hospital Geneva). but also with email address @unige.ch or @hcuge.ch.

Once identified, the author chooses the "Gold Open Access" option, then selects the CreativeCommons CC BY license.

31.12.2023. Expired. See above for 2024-2027 agreement, with different conditions.