Thanks to the transformative agreements signed by UNIMORE, you can publish in open access at no cost. Discover which agreements are currently active and the conditions they entail.
ACM | Association for Computing Machinery
You can publish unlimmited, open-access reserach articles in over 570 journals and conference proceedings.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE
CostS eXcluded FROM THE CONTRACT
» THE COSTS FOR submission fees, color pagesAND overlength pages fees ARE excluded
DURATION
MAY 2022-DECEMBER 2025
LIST OF JOURNALS
PLEASE NOTE
» the Submission MUST BE DONE USING THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION AND/OR THE INSTITUTIONAL EMAIL ADDRESS; THE PUBLISHER DOES NOT REQUIRE the SBA UNIMORE to check the affiliation but proceeds automatically.
USEFUL LINKS
» ACM – Guidelines for authors
ACS | American Chemical Society
You can publish open-access, peer-reviewed scientific articles in all the listed hybrid journals of the publisher marked with the label “Subscription”.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE (in SOME casES, CC BY NC)
DURATION
2025
LIST OF JOURNALS (ITALIAN)
PLEASE NOTE
» the costS WILL BE COVERED UNTIL THE DEPLETION OF THE NATIONAL FUND.
In CASE OF ANNUAL DEPLETION, THE cost OF ANY ADDITIONAL ARTICLES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS.
USEFUL LINKS
ACS – HOW TO PUBLISH OPEN ACCESS
ACS – Transformative journals
Care-crui agreement
Acs-crui in Esac transformative agreement registry
CUP | Cambridge University Press
You can publish unlimmited, open-access, peer-reviewed research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports in all listed journals. In addition to hybrid journals, you can also publish in some gold journals under the same contitions.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE (in SOME casES, CC BY NC ND oR CC BY NC SA)
» THE AGREEMENT IS APPLICABLE T ARTICLES ACCEPTEDF FROM JANUARY 1, 2023
DURATION
2023-2025
LIST OF JOURNALS – TITLES ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLICATION IN OPEN ACCESS aT NO COST.
PLEASE NOTE
» ONCE THE PROPOSED ARTICLE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, THE corresponding author WILL RECEIVE a CONFIRMATION Email WITH A link TO COMPLETE THE PROcESS. THE PLATFORM FR MANAGING THE PUBLICATION OPTION IS Rightslink CCC. THE AUTHOR AFFILIATED WITH Unimore WILL HAVE AN APC RECOGNIZED BY THE SYSTEM EQUAL TO GBP 0,00.
USEFUL LinkS
CUP – RESOURCES FOR AUTHORS
Read and Publish agreement with CRUI – Italy
Elsevier
You can publish open-access original research articles, reviews and case reports (since 2025 short communications, too) in the specified hybrid and full open access journals. The facilitation will also be provided for those hybrid journals that become full open access during the duration of the contract.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore. Corresponding authors on fixed-term contracts are also eligible: adjunct professors, research fellows, doctoral candidates, research associates, medical residents, etc.”
» You must apply a CC BY license. It is also possible to choose the CC-BY-NC-ND license, but it entails transferring the commercialization rights to the publisher, so its use is discouraged
DURATION
2023-2027
LIST OF JOURNALS (ITALIAN)
PLEASE NOTE
»from 2025, the fund for publication in hybrid open access journals is unlimited.
» Retrospective conversion and/or reimbursement: the opportunity to recover the past is given by transitioning articles published from 01.01.2023 to Open Access. Unimore has not yet received operational guidelines from the publisher regarding the procedures. Further information will be published as soon as possible.
USEFUL LINKS
» agreement crui-elsevier
Emerald
You can publish any type of article, as long as it undergoes peer review, in the specified journals.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE
DURATION
2020-2025
LIST OF JOURNALS
PLEASE NOTE
»the costS WILL BE COVERED UNTIL THE DEPLETION OF THE NATIONAL FUND.
In CASE OF ANNUAL DEPLETION, AUTHORS AFFILIATED UNIMORE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 10% DISCOUNT ON THE LIST PRICE.
USEFUL LINKS
EMERALD – RESOURCES FOR AUTHORS
EMERALD – PUBLISHING AGREEMENTS
EMERALD-CRUI in Esac transformative agreement registry
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
You can publish these types of articles in open access: regular paper, review, brief report, invited, survey in the specified journals (both hybrid and gold).
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE
DURATION
2022-2024
LIST OF JOURNALS (ITALIAN)
PLEASE NOTE
» It is possible to make articles already published in hybrid journals open access within the 90 days prior to the contract signing (May 1 – July 31, 2022). The request must be submitted via email by the corresponding author by October 15, 2022 TO THE ADDRESS Onlinesupport@ieee.org.
USEFUL LINKS
IEEE – Open access workflow for authors and administrators
IOP
Institute of Physics
You can publish unlimited, open-access papers, special issue paper, review and/or letters accepted for publication in hybrid or gold journals.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE
DURATION
2023-2025
LIST OF JOURNALS (ITALIAN)
GO TO TRANSFORMATIVE AGREEMENTS HUB
FIND THE JOURNAL IN THE JOURNAL FINDER AND SELECT:
– the area of your interest
– “select institution” > UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND reggio emilia.
PLEASE NOTE
» it is possible to make articles already published open access.
USEFUL LINKS
IOP – A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
Lippincott
You can publish open-access original paper and reviews in the specified hybrid journals. It is also possible to make articles already published open access.
TERMS
» THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE (EXCEPT FOR THE A&A Practice AND THE Journal of Urology WHICH REQUIRE A CC BY NC ND).
DURATION
2021-june30, 2024
LIST OF JOURNALS (italian)
PLEASE NOTE
»the costS WILL BE COVERED UNTIL THE DEPLETION OF THE NATIONAL FUND.
IN CASE OF ANNUAL DEPLETION, THE COST OF ANY ADDITIONAL ARTICLES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS WITH INCREASING DISCOUNTS COMPARED TO THE LIST PRICEOVER THE COURSE OF THE CONTRACT DURATION:
• 25% DISCOUNT IN 2021
• 30% DISCOUNT IN 2022
• 35% DISCOUNT IN 2023
» THE RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION PROCESS TO OPEN ACCESS HAS BEEN INITIATED FOR ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2021 BY submitting authors AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
» the lippincot/crui agreement has been extended until june 30, 2024 the new contract is pending renewal.
USEFUL linkS
lippincott -HOW TOPUBLISH open access (ITALIAN)
OUP | Oxford University Press
You can publish unlimited open-access articles in eligible hybrid journals.
TERMS
»THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE
DURATION
2024-2026
LIST OF JOURNALS
PLEASE NOTE
»MARCH 2025: THE PUBLISHER IS CONTACTING the CORRESPONDING AUTHORS TO RETROACTIVELY MAKE OPEN ACCESS THE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2024. THOSE INTERESTED MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNICATION.
» THE SUBSCRIPTION MUST BE DONE USING THE NAME OF THE INSTITUTION AND/OR THE INSTITUTIONAL EMAIL ADDRESS.
» IT IS POSSIBLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE 15% DISCOUNT FOR PUBLICATION IN GOLD OA JOURNALS.
USEFUL linkS
» R&P AUTHOR GUIDE
Springer Nature
You can publish open-access original research articles and reviews in the specified hybrid included in the Springer Link collection.
TERMS
»THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY A CC BY LICENSE (in SOME CASES, CC-BY-NC).
DURATION
JANUARY-JUNE 2025
LIST OF JOURNALS
PLEASE NOTE
» the costS WILL BE COVERED UNTIL THE DEPLETION OF THE NATIONAL FUND.
» THE COSTS FOR COLOR FIGURES, EXTRA PAGES, COVERS, ETC., REMAIN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS.
USEFUL linkS
» springer – open access agreement for italy
Wiley
You can publish open-access original research articles and reviews in the specified hybrid and full open access journals.
TERMS
»THE corresponding author MUST BE AFFILIATED WITH unimore
» YOU MUST APPLY ONE OF THESE LICENSES: CC BY, CC-BY-NC-ND; from 2026 only cc-by
DURATION
2024-2027
LIST OF JOURNALS (italian)
LIST OF ARTICLE CLASSIFICATION ELIGIBLE FOR OA PUBLISHING
PLEASE NOTE
»the costS WILL BE COVERED UNTIL THE DEPLETION OF THE NATIONAL FUND.
at the beginning of each year, a new annual coverage will be activated, allowing authors to publish again i open access with the support of the contract. however, the new annual fund will only be available for articles accepted in the year corresponding to the fund.
USEFUL linkS
WILEY – GUIDE FOR AUTHORS
WILEY – HOW TO PUBLISH OA
wiley – HOW TO PUBLISH OA IN HYBRID JOURNALS
Wiley – 2021 CRUI OA Guide for Italian Researchers – VIDEO IN ITALIAN
WILEY-CRUI in Esac transformative agreement registry
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What transformative agreements are and what their characteristics are.