Springer – Publishing conditions 2025
- Eligibility
- Responsible corresponding author affiliated to any b-on member on article acceptance;
- Eligible article types:
- original articles;
- review articles;
- Article accepted for publication after effective date of the agreement, before December 31st 2025;
- Publication route
- Hybrid journals: up to 701 articles in 2025 in an Open Choice journal from this list;
- GOA Journals: not included in this agreement.
- How to benefit from OA conditions:
- Submit the article;
- Declare institutional affiliation;
- Upon acceptance, following the publisher’s notification of eligibility, select the option to publish OA under the b-on agreement;
- 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;