The open access publishing fee (APC, article processing charge) has been pre-paid through an agreement between the library and the Royal Society. The agreement applies to the Royal Society hybrid and open access journals.
Terms and conditions
- You must be the corresponding author, i.e., the one handling communication with the publisher and journal.
- Your Umeå University affiliation must be stated in the published article.
- You must use your university email ending with @ͯÑÕÊÓÆµ in order to be identified as an Umeå University affiliated author.
- The agreement applies to articles submitted to the publisher in 2024 or 2025 (“submitted date” during 2024-2025).
- The agreement covers all article types.
- Your article will be published under a CC BY license.
How the publishing process works
Upon acceptance, when prompted to indicate methods of payment, go to the heading "Article processing fees are covered by a special agreement" and choose "The corresponding author is part of a Read & Publish deal".
Read more about the publishing process at the Royal Society website:
Journals included in the agreement
Contact the library
Contact the library if you have any questions. Select "Publishing, theses and research data" in the contact form.