Publish your research Open Access

As a researcher, you can publish your text directly in an OA journal, or as an OA monograph. A collection of OA-journals can be found in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) External link, opens in new window., and examples of monographs can be found in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) External link, opens in new window.. An Article Process Charge (APC) must be paid but you can apply for an extra grant from the Publications Committee at the university or from your research funding body.

If you choose to publish in a subscription journal you can still make your text freely available through a repository, without extra charge. This is called Parallel publishing or self-archiving. The publication database DiVA is used for parallel publishing at Södertörn University and at the Swedish Red Cross University College. Note that it is also possible to parallel publish anthology contributions and monographs.

Here are some things you will need to consider before you upload your text in DiVA:

• Your work must already be published.
• Check which version of your work you are permitted to make freely available (often the final, peer-reviewed manuscript). Sometimes there is an embargo period of 6 or 12(48) months before you are allowed to parallel publish a text. You can find many publishers copyright transfer agreements for journals in SHERPA/RoMEO External link, opens in new window..
• Copyright, for instance, on maps, tables and pictures.

Another way to Open Access is to publish the article in a subscription based journal and pay a fee to make the single article freely available. This is called hybrid Open Access. Researchers at Södertörn University can now do this for free or with a reduced fee, thanks to the national agreements with several publishers. It is also possible to apply for grants from the Publications Committee.

Cambridge University Press
As a researcher at Södertörn University, you can publish Open Access without a publishing fee in approximately 290 hybrid journals and 30 pure Open Access journals from Cambridge University Press. The agreement means unlimited publishing of openly available articles. The agreement includes both costs for the library's subscriptions and costs for Open Access publishing. The agreement applies from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021.

Elsevier
The agreement contains unlimited open free publication in the Science Direct Freedom Collection and all open journals. The Science Direct Freedom Collection is a dynamic package of approximately 2,000 titles, which also includes journals from learned societies.

In order for articles to participate in the agreement, they must be submitted after 1 January 2020. The agreement applies from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022.

Oxford University Press
In the agreement between Swedish universities and Oxford University Press, you as a researcher at Södertörn University have the opportunity to publish open access without publishing fees in just over 300 hybrid magazines from Oxford University Press. The agreement applies from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2021.

Note that the agreement is only expected to cover about 75% of the total expected publication for all participants in the national agreement in 2020. In other words, there is no guarantee that a submitted article will be covered by the agreement. By 2021, the agreement is expected to cover 85% of the total expected publication.

SAGE
In the agreement with SAGE you as a researcher at Södertörn University can publish with open access in hybrid journals in the package SAGE Premier. The package contains over 1,100 journals. Articles accepted for publication after January 1, 2020 are covered by the agreement.

The agreement also provides access to a 20% discount on publication in SAGE's fully open journals. The agreement applies from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022.

Springer Compact
The Springer Compact model is a way for researchers, who are Corresponding Authors from participating organisations, to have their articles published with open access in Springer Natures hybrid journals, so-called Open Choice and retain their copyright with a CC-BY license. Open Choice consists of approximately 1,600 titles. Articles covered include: Original Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications and Continuous Education. If you as a researcher at Södertörn University publish an article in one of Springer Nature Open Choice journals, Springer Nature will contact the library to verifiy that you are employed at the university. You can read more about the Springer Compact model on Springers own web pages External link, opens in new window..

Springer Nature Fully OA
As a researcher at Södertörn University, from 15 July 2019, you can publish free of charge in just over 570 pure open access journals from Springer Nature.

Springer Nature Fully OA is a pilot agreement within the Bibsamkonsortiet, which is part of the Royal Library, where the funding bodies the Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas and Vinnova account for 50 per cent of the total cost of the publishing fees during the contract period 15 July 2019 - 31 December 2021. The remaining 50 per cent stands each institution for.

The agreement includes journals from the following publisher labels, so-called imprints:

• BioMed Central (BMC) (313 journals)
• Springer Open Journals (216 journals)
• NatureResearch (46 journals, including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports)
• Palgrave Macmillan (1 journal)

During the contract period, all participants can publish a certain number of articles per year. The number of articles is not specified per organization, but the principle "first come, first served" is applied.

Taylor & Francis
In Taylor & Francis hybrid journals, you as a researcher at Södertörn University will publish open access without a publishing fee. In the agreement, the publishing fee is already prepaid as the agreement includes both the cost for the library's subscriptions and the cost for open access publishing.

During the contract period, all participants can publish a certain number of articles per year. The number of articles is not specified per organization, but the principle "first come, first served" is applied.

Wiley
In Wiley's approximately 1,400 hybrid journals and 150 fully open titles, you as a researcher at Södertörn University can publish openly available without publication fee. Wiley's contract model means that it is not possible to predict exactly how many articles are covered by the agreement. The agreement applies from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022.

The library also has agreements that give researchers at Södertörn University discounts on the publishing fees they pay themselves.

De Gruyter
Södertörn University is part of the national agreement for De Gruyter, which means that the researchers at Södertörn University receive a 90% discount on publication in hybrid journals and 30% discount on publication in gold journals. The agreement also includes 20% discount on publication in e-books.

Frontiers
In the agreement with Frontiers, you as a researcher at Södertörn University get 10% discount when publishing at Frontiers. The agreement covers all journals from the publisher.

• OASPA External link, opens in new window., a community of established Open Access publishers.
• Guide to review OA publishers External link, opens in new window. The University of Borås maintains this exhaustive guide for researchers.
• ThinkCheckSubmit External link, opens in new window., a check list for trusted journals.