To help authors choose open access (OA), we offer agreements that enable institutions to cover open access publishing costs for Springer Nature's fully OA journals.
If your institution has an open access agreement with Springer Nature, you may publish your article open access at no cost or in some cases with the costs partially funded. Check your eligibility and the journals that are included in your institutional agreement.
Institutional agreements are listed by country, and links to each institution’s OA pages have been included where available. '✓' denotes imprint(s) included in the agreement.
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
Universidad del Rosario | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
Weizmann Institute of Science | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
University of Padua - Università degli Studi di Padova | ✓ | - | - | - | - |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
University of Padjadjaran | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
UiT The Arctic University of Norway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
NTNU – The Norwegian University of Science and Technology | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
UiB University of Bergen, Norway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
North-West University | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Stellenbosch University | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
Servei Català de la Salut | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Institutions | BMC | Nature Portfolio | Palgrave Macmillan | Springer | SpringerOpen |
ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ |
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The corresponding author has the authority to act on behalf of all co-authors in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript including supplementary material. They are also responsible for obtaining such agreements and for informing the co-authors of the manuscript’s status throughout the submission, review and publication process.
In addition, the corresponding author acts as the point of contact for any enquiries after the paper is published.
When you submit, use at least one of the below methods of recognition.
Upon acceptance of your article, you'll also be prompted to provide your institutional affiliation.
The approval manager at your institution will approve your article's eligibility based on your institutional affiliation, article title and journal name.
Once your article is approved by your institution, you will be notified by email and your article will proceed to publication.
There are still plenty of ways to find funding for your article processing charge (APC). Visit our open access funding page to check whether your institution or research funder makes OA funding available.
If your article has the structure of a standard article and contains original research, it should be eligible. This will be approved by your institution.
Springer Compact is a read and publish agreement covering Springer hybrid journals. To find a list of participating institutions and eligible journals, please visit Springer's Read and Publish (Compact) agreement page.
Springer Nature membership is applicable to BMC and SpringerOpen journals only, and does not apply to any Nature.com, Palgrave Macmillan, or Springer hybrid journals.
Over 500 institutions are part of Springer Nature’s membership program for journals in the BMC and SpringerOpen portfolios. Member institutions actively support open access by arranging fully-prepaid or discounted APCs for their affiliated researchers. To check if your institution is a member, please visit our membership pages for BMC and SpringerOpen.
Please email us at oa.verification@springernature.com if you need further assistance.
