Springer – Publishing conditions 2024

The quota for OA publication under the transformative agreement has been depleted for 2024.

• Eligibility​
• Publication route
  • Hybrid journals: up to 957 articles in 2024 in an Open Choice journal from this list;​
  • GOA Journals: not included in this agreement.
• Responsible corresponding author affiliated to any b-on member.
• Article type: original articles and review articles; ​
• Article accepted for publication on date between January 1^st to December 31^st 2024;​

• How to benefit from OA conditions:​​
  1. The responsible corresponding author declares their institutional affiliation at submission;
  2. After the article is accepted, the author is notified of the eligibility for open access publication under the b-on agreement;
  3. b-on is notified of the intention of the author to publish in open access and proceeds to verify the affiliation on the portal based on the following criteria: institution name, institutional email address, and IP address.

For more information about the b-on agreement, please visit Open access agreement for Portugal | Open research | Springer Nature;