Overview

As part of the National Open Access Strategy, Swiss Universities has negotiated so-called Read & Publish Agreements with numerous major academic publishers. In addition to read access to the publishers' content, members of Swiss Universities, including members of the three Lucerne Universities, can publish Open Access in thousands of journals at no additional cost. 

Procedure

  • Check whether the desired journal is included in the agreement (see title lists of the individual publishers below)
  • The corresponding author must belong to one of the Lucerne universities
  • The institutional e-mail address must be used for registration/submission
  • Select «Gold Open Access» if the Swiss agreement is mentioned
  • If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Contact

Jörg Müller (Head E-Media)): joerg.mueller@zhbluzern.ch

Simone Rosenkranz (Head Open Science): simone.rosenkranz@zhbluzern.ch

Dominik Matter (Open Access University of Lucerne): dominik.matter@zhbluzern.ch 

Agreements all 

There is a Read & Publish Agreement with the following publishers for members of the University of Lucerne, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Lucerne University of Teacher Education:

Elsevier 2024–2028

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: See information at Elsevier

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): No

Gold Open Access: Yes

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Information about the agreement at Elsevier

Springer 2022–2025 (contingent exhausted)

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report, Continuing Education

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): Yes

Gold Open Access: No

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations on the agreement at Springer, Workflow

Wiley 2021–2024 (contingent exhausted)

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: See information at Wiley

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): Yes

Gold Open Access: No

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations about the agreement at Wiley

Cambridge 2024–2026

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: See information at Cambridge

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): No

Gold Open Access: Yes

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations about the agreement at Cambridge

Taylor&Francis 2024–2027

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: See informations at Taylor&Francis

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): Yes

Gold Open Access: No

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations on the agreement at Taylor&Francis

Sage 2023–2025

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types:  Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports, Case Reports

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): No

Gold Open Access: Yes

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations about the agreement at Sage

PLOS 2022–2024

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: All included

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): No

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium

MDPI 

Members of the University of Lucerne, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and the Lucerne University of Teacher's Education are entitled to a 20% discount on publications by the Open Access publisher MDPI if they are corresponding authors.

Agreements HSLU only

There is a Read & Publish Agreement with the following publishers, which only applies to members of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences:

Frontiers

Members of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts can publish in all Frontiers journals at no additional cost: The fee is paid directly via the Open Access Publication Fund of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Authors of the HSLU must register with their institutional email address and indicate the HSLU as affiliation.

Further information includig title list: Website of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

IEEE 30.11.2021–31.12.2024

Members of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts can publish in 25 open access journals of the publisher IEEE. Hybrid journals are not included in the agreement. In order to benefit from the agreement, corresponding authors must register with their HSLU e-mail address and indicate HSLU as their institution.

Further information including title list: Page of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

ACM 1.6.2022–31.12.2025

A Read&Publish Agreement with the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) has been in place since 1 June 2022. Members of the HSLU can publish Open Access in hundreds of ACM journals at no additional cost if they are Corresponding Authors, register with their institutional e-mail address and indicate the HSLU as an affiliation.

Further information including title list: Page of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

IOP 2022-2024

A Read&Publish Agreement with IOP Publishing has been in place since 1 January. Members of the HSLU can publish Open Access in around 50 hybrid and almost 20 Gold Open Access journals at no additional cost.

Further information including title list: Page of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2024–2026

There is a Read&Publish Agreement with RSC. Members of the HSLU can publish Open Access in around 35 hybrid and almost 20 Gold Open Access journals at no additional cost.

Further information including title list: Page of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Agreements UniLu and PHLU only

Oxford 2023–2024

Journals included in the agreement to publish: Title list

Publication types: Research article, review article

Publication quota (Switzerland-wide): Yes

Gold Open Access: No

Relevant date for article recognition: Acceptance Date

More information: Consortium, Informations about the agreement at Oxford