Springer

Publish Open Access without writing fees in Springer's Open Choice Journals

Halmstad University is a member of a national agreement with Springer. In short, the agreement means that HH researchers who publish in all Springer Nature's hybrid journals, so called Open Choice, do not pay any author fees, so-called APC fees. APC costs are covered by the national agreement and publications are freely available.

What's included? (publication types and journals)

The agreement covers APC fees for the following publication types:

• Original Paper: Standard article, usually presenting new results; Articles published under this article type may also be referred to as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper.
• Review Paper: Standard article, interpreting previously published results.
• Brief Communication: Short article submitted for rapid publication that exhibits the same structure as a standard article.
• Continuing Education: Article forming an integral part of further education (usually medical).

APC costs is covered for all Springer Nature's hybrid journals, so called Open Choice. This list may be expanded. A hybrid journal is a traditional subscription-based journal in which articles can be made openly available through a writers' duty is paid.

What's not included?

Additional charges associated with the printed journal, such as color figures or offprints, are not included.

Workflow for authors

Please use the institutional e-mail address (hh.se) when submitting an article, and the Corresponding author must be affiliated to Halmstad University.

Self-archiving in DiVA

To give your article increased visibility and greater spread, you can self-archive your article in DiVA. Springer Compact agreement allows instant publishing in DiVA of the final published version of the article.