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 Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley) there is a limited national quota.
| Publisher | Reductions | Conditions | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Sciences Advances | 15% | InformationJournal | |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
100% National Quota! |
Articles accepted between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2025 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 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2024 | InformatonsJournals |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | 100% | Articles in ACM's journals, magazines and conference papers published between 01.06.2022 and 31.12.2025 | InformationTitles |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) | 100% | Articles accepted between 01.01.2021 and 31.12.2023 | InformatonsJournals |
| Elsevier |
100% National Quota! |
Articles submitted between 01.01.2020 and 31.12.2023 all conditions and workflow | InformationJournals |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
100% (gold) National Quota! | Articles accepted between 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2024 | Journals |
| Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP) | 100% | Articles accepted between 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2024 | InformationsJournals |
| Karger Publishers | 100% | Articles accepted between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2025 | Journals |
| MDPI | 15% | Articles accepted between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2024 | InformationJournals |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
100% (hybrid) / 10% (gold) National Quota! | Articles accepted between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2024 | Journals |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | Reduction of USD 500 | Reduction of USD if the article is publishd under default license (CC BY-NC-ND) | InformationsJournals |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
100% (hybrid) 15% (gold) | InformationJournals | |
| SAGE Publishing |
100% (hybrid) 20% (gold) | Articles accepted between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2025 | InformationsJournals |
| SCOAP3 | 100% | Information | |
| Springer Nature (subscription journals) |
100% (hybrid) National Quota! | Articles accepted for payment by the institution between 01.01.2023 and 31.12.2025 | InformationSpringer JournalsNature Journals |
| Taylor & Francis |
100% National Quota! | between 01.01.2021 and 31.12.2023 | InformationJournals |
| Wiley |
100% National Quota! |
between 01.05.2021 and 31.12.2024 all conditions and workflow | InformationJournals |