APC Reductions

Thanks to contracts between the University and various publishing houses, researchers at the University of Fribourg have the possibility to publish their articles in Open Access at reduced prices or even free of charge.
Here is the complete list of these discounts. We recommend to consult also the list of over 10'000 Gold Open Access journals that don't require any APC.

 Attention

  • Always use your e-mail address @unifr.ch in correspondence with the publisher to benefit from this discounts.
  • For some agreements (notably with Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley) there is a limited national quota.
  • No deal with Springer Nature & Sage Publishing
Publisher Reductions Conditions Additional Information
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Sciences Advances 15% Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2028 InformationJournal
American Chemical Society (ACS) 100%
National Quota!
Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2026
Articles from SNF projects are excluded!
APC of USD 3000 after national quota has been reached
InformationJournals
American Institute of Physics (AIP) 100% (hybrid)
National Quota!
Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2026 InformationsJournals
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 100% Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2026 InformationTitles
Cambridge University Press (CUP) 100% Articles accepted between 01.01.2024 and 31.12.2026 InformationJournals
Elsevier 100% Articles accepted between 01.01.2024 and 31.12.2028 InformationJournals
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) 100% Articles submitted between 01.01.2025 and 31.12.2027 InformationsJournals
John Benjamins Publishing 100% Articles submitted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2026 Journals
Karger Publishers 100% Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2028 InformationJournals
MDPI 20% Articles accepted between 01.01.2026 and 31.12.2027 InformationJournals
Oxford University Press (OUP) 100% (hybrid) / 10% (gold) Articles accepted between 01.01.2024 and 31.12.2027 InformationJournals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Reduction of USD 500 Reduction of USD 500 on the option "Immediato Open Access" (USD 5575 au lieu de USD 6075) InformationsJournals
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 100% (hybrid)
15% (gold)
Articles accepted between 01.01.2024 and 31.12.2026 InformationJournals
SAGE Publishing 100% No Deal InformationsJournals
SCOAP3 100% Information
Springer Nature No Deal InformationSpringer JournalsNature Journals
Taylor & Francis 100%
National Quota!
Articles accepted between 01.01.2024 and 31.12.2027 InformationJournals
Wiley 100%
National Quota!
Articles accepted between 01.01.2025 and 31.12.2027 InformationJournals