Agreements that include Open Access publishing
License Agreement Data Specifications
ACS (American Chemical Society)
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2024.
- Participating institutions
- Title list. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
- Author publishing workflow
- ACS: Understanding copyright and the Journal Publishing Agreement
- Information about this agreement in Norwegian
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2022 to the 31st of December 2024.
ACM’s title list. Will be updated consecutively.
The agreement includes publishing with a corresponding author affiliated with one of the institutions that are part of Sikt's consortium agreement.
There is unlimited open publication in most journals and conference proceedings. Those not owned by ACM (eg. IEEE) are not part of the agreement (but has reading access).
Author authentication is based on email domain, so it is important that authors use an institutional email address.
ACM Open Access Reporting Dashboard
Publications that have OA-eligible article types
More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2024.
- Participants, current year
- Title list for the current year. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
- Author publishing workflow
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
De Gruyter
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2021 to the 31st of December 2023.
Researchers based at UiO, UiB and UiT can publish a number of articles open access in De Gruyter subscription journals, for no extra cost.
Title list for the current year. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
Contact your library for more details.
Elsevier
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2022 to the 31st of December 2024.
On Elsevier's web page Elsevier-Unit Agreement you will find a "journal search tool" showing titles eligible for the agreement.
Author publishing workflow
- Workflow if the institution covers gold publishing
- Workflow if the institution not covers gold publishing
More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Frontiers
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2023.
Authors based at participating institutions can publish in Frontiers titles with 10 % discount. Contact your library for more details.
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Institute of Physics (IoP)
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2024.
Participating institutions 2023
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
This agreement runs from the 1st of June 2023 to the 31st of December 2023.
Authors based at participating institutions can publish in MDPI titles with 20 % discount. Contact your library for more details.
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Open Library of Humanities
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2022
Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a so-called "diamond" open access publisher. This means that the journal's costs are covered by sources other than subscription or publication fee (APC). Norwegian research institutions can subscribe for membership for an annual fee, which covers expenses related to the operation of the journals and infrastructure.
Title lists, member lists and other information about the agreement (Norwegian).
Oxford University Press Journals (OUPJ)
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2024.
The agreement includes unlimited open publication in the publisher's hybrid journals. Corresponding author must be associated with one of the institutions participating in the agreement. The date articles are accepted for publication must be within the agreement period. There is a 15% discount for publishing Gold OA.
- Participants, current year
- Title list for the current year. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Sage
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2023.
- Participants, current year
- Title list for the current year. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
- Author publishing workflow
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
SciPost
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023.
SciPost is a so-called "diamond" open access publisher. This means that the journal's costs are covered by sources other than subscription or publication fee (APC). Norwegian research institutions can subscribe for membership for an annual fee, which covers expenses related to the operation of the journals and infrastructure.
Title lists, member lists and other information about the agreement (Norwegian).
SpringerNature
This agreement runs from the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December 2024.
The agreement makes it possible for researchers based at the participating institutions to publish open access in Springer (not Nature) journals.
- Participants, current year
- Title list for the current year. Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
Author publishing workflow:
- Springer Nature Author Journey for Hybrid Journals
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian).
Taylor & Francis
Taylor and Francis Hybrid (Open Select)
It is t will be possible for researchers based at participating institutions to publish open access in T&F hybrid journals.
- Participants 2022 (will be updated)
- Title list for 2022 (will be updated). Journals marked with "par" are journals where you can both publish and read via the agreement. Journals with "publish_only" and "read_only", respectively, have either only publication or only read access via the agreement. If the journal is not included in the agreement, it is marked "excluded".
- Author publishing workflow 2021
Taylor and Francis Gold
A supplementary agreement with T&F includes publication in the publisher's gold journals. The agreement gives a discount of 10% on the publication fee (APC) and central invoicing to the institution. Articles published in the gold journals has the same workflow as the hybrid journals.
- Participating institutions T&F Gold 2022
- Title list T&F gold
- Author publishing workflow
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Wiley
Pure open access journals (gold) have been excluded from the PAR agreement, and a separate agreement has been concluded for these.
- Wiley: Open access agreement for Norwegian institutions. Here you will find information on how researchers affiliated at the participating institutions can publish as part of the agreement.
- Author publishing workflow
- Open access agreement for Norwegian institutions
- More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Agreements offering Green Open Access:
Emerald
Archiving articles (Green Open Access): Please note that the agreement with Emerald is not a publish-and read-agreement, but offers green open access: Authors from participating institutions can deposit articles that have been accepted for publishing in a journal published by Emerald and make it openly available. Please note that this relates to the final version of the article before it is published (Author Accepted Manuscript version).
Immediate open access of final version (Gold Open Access): Authors from participating institutions receive a 10 % discount on standard rate APCs.
Emerald's Open Access policy can be found here: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/openaccess/oa_policies.htm
More information about this agreement (Norwegian)
Agreements offering diamond open access:
Norwegian open journals in the social sciences and humanities
Sikt's agreements
For questions about the agreements, contact your library or lisensavtaler@sikt.no