Big Deals - Publisher negotiations

Since 2018 swissuniversities is negotiating with the publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature et Wiley  according to the Swiss National Strategy on Open Access to obtain a Read & Publis agreement that covers both the access to journals (Read) and the possibility to publish Open Access (Publish).

In May 2021 the situation for the three publishers is as follows:

• Elsevier
  Swissuniversities signed a Read & Publish agreement with Elsevier. Researchers from the University of Fribourg have now the possibility to publish their articles (submitted from 1 January 2020) in Open Acces in a large number of Elsevier Journals. Conditions and workflow
• Springer Nature
  Swissuniversities signed a Read & Publish agreement with Springer Nature. Researcher from the University of Fribourg have now the possibility to publish their articles (accepted from 1 July 2020) in Open Access in the subscription Journals published by Springer Nature. Conditions and workflow
• Wiley
  Swissuniversities signed a Read & Pubslih agreement with Wiley. Researcher from the University of Fribourg have now the possibility to publish their articles (accepted from 1 May 2021) in Open Access in the Journals published by Wiley.

Information about publisher negotiations on the website of swissuniversitiesFAQ about publisher negotiations by wissuniversities (german)