Open Access

The Open Access publishing conditions negotiated by b-on that will be available during the 2025-2027 triennium are listed below.

Eligibility criteria:

  • Institution of affiliation to a b-on member institution at the moment when the article is accepted for publication;
  • The institution has access to content from the publisher in which the author wants to publish;
  • The article is accepted for publication during the time of effectiveness of the agreement;
  • Availability of annual quota, where applicable;
  • Journal included in the agreement (as per the table below).

What to do:

  • Submit the article using the institutional email address; 
  • Identify institution of affiliation;
  • At acceptance, chose the publication route to publish in Open Access under the b-on transformative agreement – identified clearly and unequivocally in the publisher platform, during the Author Journey;

Note: The purchasing procedure that will produce the upcoming agreements is not yet concluded. However the publishers in bold have, autonomously and voluntarily made available the Open Access workflow that allows to publish in Open Access under the conditions negotiated by b-on.

PublisherHybrid Journals* GOA JournalsEligibility criteriaJournals included
ACMNo limitNo limitDetailsACM DL exceptions
ACS104 articlesn.a.DetailsACS Publish Title list
AIP57 articlesn.a.DetailsAIP Publish Title list
Annual ReviewsNo limitNo limitDetailsSubscribe to Open
Elsevier2422 articlesn.a.DetailsElsevier Publish Title list
IEEE10 articlesn.a.DetailsIEEE Publish Title list
IOPNo limitNo limitDetailsIOP Publish Title list
RSC61 articlesn.a.DetailsRSC Publish Title list
SAGENo limit– 20% discounted APCDetailsSAGE Publish Title list
Springer701 articlesn.a.DetailsSpringerLink Publish Title list
Taylor & Francis310 articlesn.a.DetailsT&F Publish Title list – soon
Wiley257 articlesn.a.DetailsWiley Publish Title list – soon
n.a.: non applicable

*Annual quota for 2025