9. OA deals

Complete list of agreements with OA component

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 IRIS). 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.
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
Nature Hybrid journals (Springer) 2026-2029	ACTIVE	Limited	Full APC coverage. For Springer hybrid journals, see another row in this table.	Title list Attention: Nature Reviews and Scientific American do not offer Open Access options. Eligible article types Original Paper Analysis Article Letter Brief Communication Registered Report Resource Technical Report An agreement was signed by swissuniversities with the publisher Springer Nature on 10 June 2026. Articles accepted from 1 January 2026 onwards are covered; it will be possible to retroactively convert articles to open access in accordance with procedures to be announced in the summer of 2026. Important: for researchers funded by the SNSF, the SNSF affiliation must no longer be used; the affiliation must be Unil/CHUV/Unisanté.
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 Gold journals (included Nature, BMC and Palgrave) 2026-2029	ACTIVE	Limited	Full APC coverage.	Title list Eligible article types Original Paper Review Paper Brief Communication Continuing Education An agreement was signed by swissuniversities with the publisher Springer Nature on 10 June 2026. The agreement covers articles accepted from 10 June onwards. Important: for researchers funded by the SNSF, the SNSF affiliation must no longer be used; the affiliation must be Unil/CHUV/Unisanté.
Springer Hybrid journals 2026-2029	ACTIVE	Unlimited	Full APC coverage. For Nature hybrid journals, see another row in this table.	Title list Eligible article types Original Paper Review Paper Brief Communication Continuing Education An agreement was signed by swissuniversities with the publisher Springer Nature on 10 June 2026. Articles accepted from 1 January 2026 onwards are covered; it will be possible to retroactively convert articles to open access in accordance with procedures to be announced in the summer of 2026. Important: for researchers funded by the SNSF, the SNSF affiliation must no longer be used; the affiliation must be Unil/CHUV/Unisanté.
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