Elsevier – Publishing conditions 2025

  • Eligibility​
    • Responsible corresponding author affiliated to any b-on member institution on article acceptance. This is the author that submits the article on the platform and undergoes the Author Journey on the platform.​
    • Eligible article types: 
      • ​Case Reports;
      • Full length articles;
      • Reviews;
      • Short communication;
      • Data article;
      • Micro article;
      • Original software publication;
      • Practice guidelines;
      • Protocols;
      • Replication studies;
      • Short surveys;
      • Video.
    • Article accepted for publication after the effective date of the agreement, before December 31st 2025;​
  • Publication route
    • Hybrid journals: up to a maximum of 2422 articles in 2025, in one journal from the publish list that can be found here or researched on the publisher’s journal finder;​
    • GOA Journals: not included in the agreement;​
  • How to benefit from OA conditions:​
    1. Submit the article;
    2. Select institution of affiliation;
    3. On acceptance, follow the link to complete the author journey where the open access option is offered unequivocally;​
    4. Upon choosing to publish of the OA choice, the article is immediately available (open) online on the publishers website;​
    5. In parallel, a local institutional contact person performs the validation of affiliation on the Elsevier Open Access Platform, EOAP.

For more information about the b-on agreement, please visit Fundação para Ciência e a Tecnologia (elsevier.com)