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26 Mar 2020

Frontiers and University of South-Eastern Norway form open access publishing agreement

University of South-Eastern Norway (Universitetet I Sørøst-Norge / USN) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, University of South-Eastern Norway will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the University of South-Eastern Norway will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with University of South-Eastern Norway. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University of South-Eastern Norway’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with University of South-Eastern Norway, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by University Of South-Eastern Norway upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement or if you require any further details, please contact publiseringsfond@usn.no For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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25 Mar 2020

Frontiers and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences form open access publishing agreement

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen På Vestlandet / HVL) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Western Norway University of Applied Sciences’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by Western Norway University of Applied Sciences upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit the Library’s OA page or contact kjsl@hvl.no. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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23 Mar 2020

Frontiers and the Fafo Research Foundation form open access publishing agreement

The Fafo Research Foundation (Forskningsstiftelsen Fafo) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, the Fafo Research Foundation will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the Fafo Research Foundation will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with the Fafo Research Foundation. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Fafo Research Foundation’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the Fafo Research Foundation, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by the Fafo Research Foundation upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please contact Bgp@fafo.no. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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23 Mar 2020

Frontiers and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences form open access publishing agreement

University of Inland Norway (Universitetet i Innlandet / INN) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Authors have to check that the journal and article complies with the guidelines for the publication fund and apply for support by the publication fund in order to get funding. More information can be found here: https://www.inn.no/bibliotek/publisere/open-access/publiseringsfond   Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, […]

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23 Mar 2020

Frontiers and BI Norwegian Business School form open access publishing agreement

BI Norwegian Business School (Handelshøyskolen BI – BI) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, BI will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, BI will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with BI. More information about the eligibility criteria can be found on the BI research portal. Link: https://portal.bi.no/en/research/Open-Access-policy-for-BI/financial-support/ Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘BINorwegian Business School’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with BI, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by BI upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit https://portal.bi.no/en/research/Open-Access-policy-for-BI/financial-support/ or contact joke.verwaard@bi.no For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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10 Mar 2020

Frontiers and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research form open access publishing agreement

NINA – Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA- Norsk institutt for naturforskning) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, NINA will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the NINA will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with NINA. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)” as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with NINA, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by NINA upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please contact biblioteket@nina.no For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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05 Mar 2020

Cardiff University has joined the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal.

 We are delighted to announce that Cardiff University has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers.  This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research.    Cardiff University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. Eligible Cardiff University authors will benefit from a 10% discount on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for articles covered by this agreement, together with a streamlined invoicing process. Information for authors: To submit your article under this agreement, please select ‘Cardiff University’ as the payer in the invoice section when submitting your article.  Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Cardiff University and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the University upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit Cardiff University’s OA page or contact openaccess@cardiff.ac.uk. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organization.   

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04 Mar 2020

UC Davis and Frontiers extend open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and Frontiers have extended their institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. As part of the University of California, Davis’ support for its researchers in making their research more widely available it held an institutional membership agreement with Frontiers, enabling affiliated corresponding authors to benefit from a 10% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs). UC Davis has been supporting their researchers by maintaining a membership discount with frontiers since 2019. For background information please see UC Davis Library’s webpages on Open Access Publishing. For quick and automated application of the discount, authors are asked to submit their manuscripts using their @ucdavis.edu email address. Frontiers journals are all fully open access, therefore UC Davis authors who publish in one of the journals are eligible for support through the UC Davis Library’s Open Access Fund. For more information on this agreement, please contact libcollections@ucdavis.edu. [Updated 30 January 2023] For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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27 Feb 2020

Frontiers and NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research form open access publishing agreement

NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU –  Norsk institutt for luftforskning) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please contact hha@nilu.no at the library. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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26 Feb 2020

Frontiers and the Norwegian Research Centre form open access publishing agreement

The Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, NORCE will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, NORCE will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with NORCE. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE)’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with NORCE, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by NORCE upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please contact bibliotek@norceresearch.no. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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25 Feb 2020

Frontiers and University of Bergen form open access publishing agreement

University of Bergen (Universitetet i Bergen / UIB) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, University of Bergen will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the University of Bergen will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with University of Bergen. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University of Bergen’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with University of Bergen, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by University of Bergen upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit the Library’s Open Access page or contact e-ressurser@ub.uib.no. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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25 Feb 2020

Frontiers and Nord University form open access publishing agreement

Nord University (Nord universitet) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, Nord University will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. Furthermore, the Nord University will benefit from a 10% membership discount under the terms of the UNIT Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with Nord University. The journal must be registered in the Directory of Open Journals (DOAJ) and ranked as level 1 or 2 in NSD’s Database for Higher Education. In applications for external funding, Nord researchers are requested to apply to have expenses for article processing charges (APCs) covered. Articles resulting from external funding including dedicated funds to cover APCs, are not comprised by this publishing agreement. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Nord University’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Nord University, and if confirmed, the APC (minus the discount) will be paid by Nord University upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit the Library’s Open Access […]

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24 Feb 2020

UiT The Arctic University of Norway joins national framework agreement for open access publishing

UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT Norges arktiske universitet) supports their authors in publishing Open Access. As a part of a national Framework Agreement between Unit The Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education & Research and Frontiers, UiT will automatically cover the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible authors and articles. How does it work? You have to be the corresponding author affiliated with UiT The Arctic University of Norway.The article has to be a type A or type B article.When submitting your article, select ‘UiT The Arctic University of Norway’ as institutional payer in the invoice section. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with UiT University Library, and if confirmed, the discounted APC will be paid by the University Library upon acceptance. Questions? Contact: colletions@ub.uit.no Further information on Open Access at UiT The Arctic University of Norway: UiT Publishing Portal For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.