Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) partnership

The Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC) supports its researchers in making their research openly available to the global community.

This partnership with Frontiers furthers CSIC’s long-standing commitment to open access. The agreement encourages CSIC-affiliated researchers to publish open access, making more scientific knowledge publicly available while reducing costs for authors. It reflects CSIC’s dedication to advancing research transparency and accessibility.

Discover how we publish at Frontiers. If you’re ready to publish, check out our author guidelines for everything you need to know about the submission process, from choosing a journal to preparing your manuscript.

The power of open access

As one of the world's leading open access publishers, we believe in the transformative power of open science. Articles published with us are free and permanently accessible worldwide - so anyone can benefit from the discoveries, not just a selection of researchers.

• Your article will be freely and permanently available immediately after publication, ensuring maximum reach, impact, and visibility.

• More scientists can read the results of your research, including the wider public unable to access the information because they lack a subscription.

• Open access improves the quality of your research through open, transparent, and reproducible practices made available to a global audience.

Are you a researcher at CSIC?

Frontiers works with research institutions, libraries, consortia and funders to improve support for researchers publishing open access. Under this agreement, researchers from CSIC can benefit from:

• Reduced administrative burden and streamlined submission and payment workflows.

• 25% coverage of the article processing charges (APCs) for eligible articles accepted to any Frontiers journal.

• Simplified submission process, to ensure authors can submit their work quickly and easily with step-by-step support.

Are you eligible?

To be eligible under this agreement, you must:

• Be a corresponding author affiliated with CSIC.

• Use your CSIC institutional email address during the submission process.

For full details on the eligibility process and CSIC’s open access guidelines, please visit this page.

For further assistance, CSIC researchers can contact: ayudasopenaccess@bib.csic.es.

Not an affiliated author?

We collaborate with hundreds of institutions across the world. If you want to join them, tell your librarian about Frontiers institutional plans - just submit our recommendation form.

To learn more about our institutional plans, visit our institutional partnerships page.