4. OA Deals Complete list of agreements with OA component “Read & Publish” agreements have been made with the publishers listed below, allowing for the publication of articles at no cost, or at a discount, in certain Hybrid OA and Gold OA journals.  SNSF-funded researchers: All Gold OA fees (books, book chapters and articles) of SNSF-funded researchers at Unil are covered by the SNSF , with the exception of the agreements listed below which also include Gold OA journals. Researchers without an SNSF grant: Gold OA fees for books are also covered by the SNSF . For Gold OA articles not covered by Read & Publish agreements, or chapters or books in Gold OA, Unil/CHUV/Unisanté authors are invited to consult the eligibility conditions of their Unil Gold Open Access Fund . When these options are not applicable, Unil generally encourages Green OA (self-archiving in Serval) . For example, if the annual quotas for publications linked to some of the agreements listed below are exhausted, Unil/CHUV authors are advised to favor Green OA when publishing in Hybrid OA journals. Total or Partial APC Subsidy Conditions to be met in all cases: The corresponding author of the submitted article must be a member of Unil/CHUV/Unisanté. The research leading to the publication must have been conducted at Unil. Former researchers who are no longer affiliated with Unil may be eligible for coverage of their publication fees, provided that the research leading to the publication was conducted at Unil and the work was submitted within one year of the end of their affiliation. The affiliation details in the article must clearly indicate the author's affiliation to Unil/CHUV/Unisanté. Please follow the indications in Directive 4.3 regarding author affiliation. Ideally, the author will use his/her ORCID ID . Whenever possible, use your @unil, @chuv or @unisante email address to make the submission. Editor Status Quota Conditions More information Annual Reviews   2024-2026 ACTIVE Unlimited   "Subscribe to Open” (S2O) publication model: article immediately available with no access barrier and no cost to the author.   BMC/Springer Open ACTIVE N/A 15% APC discount APCs can be covered by the Gold OA Fund , provided they meet the eligibility criteria * .   * 2026 : Please refer to this  Unil news , as well as the  page dedicated to  negociations with Springer on the swissuniversities website . BMJ   2025-2026 ACTIVE Limited Full support for APCs in hybrid journals Publisher Information   Title List Eligible Article Types Research Articles Cambridge University Press   2024-2026 ACTIVE Unlimited Full APC coverage Publisher Information   Title List   Eligible Article Types Research Articles Review Articles Rapid Communication Brief Reports Case Reports Cogitatio ACTIVE Unlimited     Full APC coverage   De Gruyter ACTIVE Unlimited     90% APC discount in hybrid journals which are part of the Unil license   The 10% not taken into account cannot be financed through the  Gold OA Fund .     Please write to open.acces@unil.ch to access the list of eligible journals. Elsevier   2024-2028 ACTIVE Unlimited Full APC coverage in the following portfolios: Core, Cell Press, The Lancet. Title List   Eligible Article Types Case Report Data Full-length article Microarticle Original software publication Practice Guidelines Protocol Review article Replication Studies Short communication Short survey Video Article Karger   2026-2028 ACTIVE Unlimited Full APC coverage Publisher Information   Title List LWW   2025-2027   ACTIVE   Limited Full APC coverage Title List MDPI ACTIVE Unlimited 20% APC discount APCs can be covered by the Gold OA Fund , provided they meet the eligibility criteria Oxford University  Press   2025-2027   ACTIVE Unlimited Full support for APCs in hybrid journals in the OUP Full Collection.   10% APC discount in Gold OA journals Publisher information Title List   APCs for articles published in Gold journals can be covered by the  Gold OA Fund , provided they meet the eligibility criteria PLOS ACTIVE Unlimited Full APC coverage If you want to publish under this license please refer these instructions for the following journals : PLOS ONE PLOS Computational Biology  PLOS Pathogens PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases PLOS Genetics PLOS Digital Health   For the following journals please  refer the these instructions : PLOS Biology PLOS Medicine PLOS Sustainability and Transformation   APCs of journals not covered by the agreement can be submitted to the Gold OA Fund , provided they meet the eligibility criteria Presses Universitaires de Rennes (PUR) ACTIVE 5 books per year   The principal author or the scientific editor has to be affiliated with UNIL.   Grant of € 4,000 per copy (without images and less than 800,000 characters). Publisher's website   UNIL representative on the PUR editorial board:  Laurent Le Forestier   Contacts at PUR : Pierre-Henry Frangne, Director Editorial Department SAGE   2023-2025   2026 : Please refer to this Unil news , as well as the  page dedicated to Sage on the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries' website . No agreement currently in place Unlimited Full APC coverage in Hybrid and Gold journals Publisher Information   Title List   Eligible Article Types Original Research Papers Review Papers Brief Communications Short Reports Case Report Springer Nature   2023-2025   2026 : Please refer to  this  Unil news , as well as  the  page dedicated to negociations with Springer on the swissuniversities website .   No agreement currently in place     Limited Full APC coverage for Springer journals Full APC coverage for Nature Research journals (excl. Nature Reviews/Protocols and Scientific American) Springer Journals : List of Springer titles Eligible article types  Original Paper Review Paper Brief Communication Continuing Education   Nature Branded :   List of Nature Research titles   Eligible article types Original Paper Analysis Article Letter Brief Communication Registered Report Resource Technical Report Taylor & Francis   2024-2027 ACTIVE Limited Full APC coverage Title List   Eligible Article Types 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 Wiley   2025-2027   ACTIVE   Limited Full APC coverage in Hybrid and Gold journals. Title List   Eligible Article Types Case Study Case Study Media Commentary Data Article Education Lecture Method and Protocol Perspective Practice and Policy Rapid Publication Research Article Review Article Short Communication Technical Note