Open publishing

The TUL Library has prepared lists of journals included in Open Access publishing programs in which TUL participates, with the assignment of scientific disciplines and scores according to the current list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences (Communication of the Minister of Science dated 5.01.2024).
The content has been prepared on the basis of journal lists available in the WBN Directory and on the publishers' websites.
NOTE: individual programs may contain formal restrictions and publication limits. Please refer to the program descriptions below.
In the event of changes in the range of journals covered, the launch of new OA publishing programs or the release of a new ministerial list, the lists will be updated.

Current list of journals in OA publishing programs  (Status as of 05.05.2025). 

For questions or comments on the prepared material, please contact the Electronic Resources Department of the TUL Library (oze@lib.p.lodz.pl).

The program is available from January 2025.

It is possible to openly publish an unlimited number of articles in the program. Manuscript eligibility is determined by the date of acceptance.
Accepted types of publications:

• research articles
• review articles
• conference or proceedings papers.

And any other article types in the Licensed Materials for which ACM would otherwise charge an Article Processing Charge.

An author submitting an article for publication in ACM in the open access model must be the corresponding author and use an e-mail address in the domain of Lodz University of Technology in order to receive the correct ACM Open eRights form to complete.
Following submission of their eRights Forms, the corresponding author will receive e-mail confirmation of the acceptance of the forms along with a copy for their records.

A list of journals eligible for open access publication under the ACM open access publishing model is available on the publisher's website.

In 2025 the pool of articles in the program is 437. The pool is not divided between institutions and articles are added to the program in the order in which they are accepted for publication.

The program is intended for corresponding authors affiliated with institutions participating in the consortium. In 2025 the program includes 90 journals published by ACS, including 71 hybrid journals and 19 open journals. The program includes all types of articles except: Additions and Corrections, Expressions of Concern, Retraction, In This Issue, Introducing our Authors.

The program allows authors to publish a certain number of articles accepted for publication in the current year, under a CC-BY licence, free of charge (note: “Manuscript Acceptance Date”, sometimes referred to in articles as “Revised”, is the deciding factor).

Authors sending articles to an ACS journal for review should note that at this stage (“online manuscript submission process”) they complete an online form in which they should select their affiliation from the list of institutions. It is also recommended to use an email address from the institution’s domain. Once an article has been accepted for publication by the publisher, the author receives an email from the publisher with a link to the Journal Publishing Agreement (JPA) form and, if the author has previously indicated an appropriate affiliation, with information about the possibility of participating in the program. In the JPA form the author has the option to choose OA publication with copyright. The author can also waive copyright, which does not exclude them from the program but is not recommended by ICM, or choose to publish in the traditional model. Authors who have received a link to JPA after the acceptance of their article, but without any information about the possibility of participation in the program, can report to ICM at wbn@icm.edu.pl, attaching an active DOI link to the article or, if this link is not active, the page(s) with the title, authors and affiliations from the accepted manuscript.

Information about an accepted article eligible for inclusion in the program is also forwarded by the publisher to the administrator at ICM. The administrator checks that the appropriate affiliation is stated in the article and sends a request to the author to confirm whether the author wishes to participate in the program, and whether the author has chosen to publish OA in the JPA form. If the author has not selected the OA option in the JPA form and wishes to change this, it is possible to change the author's agreement with the publisher before the article is published – at the request of the author or ICM, the publisher can send the author a new link to the JPA form (once the article has been published, changing the JPA is not possible). After receiving confirmation from the author that they have signed the JPA with the OA option selected, the administrator accepts the article's inclusion in the program. Authors using the program can also obtain assistance from ACS at any stage of publication at support@services.acs.org.

Details and updated information on the ACS open access publishing program

The program is available from 6 May 2025.
Selected hybrid journals are included in the program.
For 2025, the pool of articles in the program is 1084.

Articles accepted for publication in the current year after signing the contract will be eligible for the program and the date the article was submitted to the journal will not be relevant. The publisher does not foresee the possibility to retroactivate articles, only articles accepted for publication after the launch of the program will be eligible.

Which journals and what types of articles are included in the program?

The program in 2025 covers 1124 hybrid journals from 7 Science Direct subject collections in line with the national licence restriction introduced in December 2022: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Health Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology, Mathematics and Physics and Astronomy; and from the Lancet group. Academic institutions that are nationally licensed and subscribe individually to additional subject collections of journals may also publish in these journals under the program.
The program excludes gold open access journals and some journals co-published by Elsevier, where open access publications are funded under special rules and cannot be implemented under the national program. The program covers the following article types: Case Reports, Data, Full Length Articles, Micro Articles, Software, Reviews, Replication Study, Short Communications, Short Surveys, Videos, Practice Guidelines and Protocols, see description of types.

Which fees are covered by the program?

The only fee covered by the program is the Article Processing Charge (APC). Authors publishing in the program are exempt from the APC charge, which is presented by Elsevier on the Rights and Access form as a 100% discount. Catalogue APC prices (without discount) are available on the publisher's website, but this price list only provides information for the basic Full Length Article type, and does not take into account additional discounts to the APC that may be applied by editors. Binding APC price information for an article before and after the program discount is visible to the author as soon as the article is accepted for publication in the Rights and Access form described below under ‘When and how can I submit an article to the program?’ and to the administrator in the EOAP system.
Some journals charge additional fees, e.g. a fee on the number of pages (‘Page Charges’), a fee for acceptance of the manuscript (‘Submission Fee’) or for additional services that may be requested by the author (prints, colour drawings in print, etc.). These fees are described in the instructions for authors on the home pages of the respective journals and are indicated in the correspondence with the editors or on the special page to which the author is referred by the editors after acceptance of the article for publication. These fees are not indicated on the Rights and Access form described below, where only the APC fee is indicated. Additional charges are billed between the journal and the author on a separate invoice. The ‘Page Charges’ fee applies regardless of the open-access or subscription model of publication and, as of March 2021, is applied by more than a dozen journals, but when publishing in any journal, the author should check the current policy on the journal's website.

Where can I get help with the program?

Any questions about the programme can be addressed to Elsevier Publishing at support@elsevier.com and to the JNC at wbn@icm.edu.pl. In case of problems with the publication of a specific article, it is advisable to provide the DOI identifier in the correspondence, if it is already assigned to the article. Information about the Polish program is also available on the Elsevier website. In addition, webinar recordings for librarians and authors on the principles of publishing under Elsevier's Open Access model under the National Licence can be viewed: Elsevier library journey, Elsevier author journey.  At wbn@icm.edu.pl you can also get in touch with the local administrators of the Elsevier publishing program at each institution.

Details and updated information on the Elsevier national open access publishing program

The program includes all hybrid and Gold Open Access journals. 

A deposit made by the Library of Lodz University of Technology enables corresponding authors from TUL to publish a limited number of Open Access articles without incurring APC costs.

Information about the current state of the deposit - Electronic Resources department of the TUL Library (contact information at the bottom of the page).

At the stage of submitting a publication for review, the corresponding author should indicate Lodz University of Technology as their affiliation and, once the article has been accepted by the publisher, indicate our University as the funder of the publication on the RightsLink platform.

The program is intended for corresponding authors affiliated with institutions participating in the consortium that have solicited and prepaid for themselves the publication of a specified number of articles. The program includes all IEEE open and hybrid journals, see the IEEE Open page.

Authors interested in participating in the program should indicate the relevant affiliation at the stage of sending the article for review (the author does not receive automatic notifications about the possibility of participating in the program) and then, once they have received notification that the article has been accepted for publication, use the RightsLink system, where they can select funding from the pool of articles funded by their institution, see guide for authors. Information about the article is directed to the local program administrator at the institution, who approves the publication of the article in the program. The IEEE licence with the publishing program is coordinated by the publisher's exclusive representative, Ebsco, contact person: Anna Abramowska AAbramowska@ebsco.com.

The local administrator for the program at TUL is the Electronic Resources department of the TUL Library (contact information at the bottom of the page).

Additional links:

IEEE Open – list of journals and other general information

IEEEAuthor Center – instructions for authors

RightsLink – publication funding management system

Author posting guidelines – rules for disseminating articles

Details and updated information on the IEEE open access publishing program

The program includes all hybrid and Gold Open Access journals.

In 2025 the pool of articles in the program is unlimited.

 The program is intended for corresponding authors affiliated with institutions participating in the IOP consortium. In 2025 the program includes hybrid and fully open access IOP journals and all types of publications. The program allows for an unlimited number of articles accepted for publication in the current year to be published under a CC-BY licence without charge. 

 IOP recognizes articles eligible for the program based on the affiliation provided by the corresponding author in the form when submitting the manuscript to the journal, and sends the article information to ICM once the article is accepted for publication. After verifying that the appropriate affiliation is stated in the article, ICM confirms the article's inclusion in the program. Under the new system introduced by IOP in 2021, the author completes an additional form either during the review process or immediately after the article is accepted. In this form, the author has the option to choose OA publication in the program and with copyright. If the author opts out of OA publication or notifies the publisher that they want to use another source to cover the costs, the article does not get included in the program. Authors who do not receive an OA publication proposal in the program with their accepted article may contact ICM at wbn@icm.edu.pl attaching the page(s) with the title, authors and affiliations from the accepted manuscript. A brochure prepared by the publisher about the program and information about the program on the publisher's website are also available.

Details and updated information on the IOP open access publishing program

Lodz University of Technology is also a participant in the IOAP program (Institutional Open Access Program) by the MDPI publisher, so authors affiliated with the University can obtain a 10% discount on the APC fee – simply select its name on the list of included institutions when submitting your manuscript. Additional information can be found at Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP).

The program is available from January 2024.

The Read & Publish program includes hybrid journals available in the RSC's subscribed collection. Participating journals can be found listed in the "Hybrid journals" section of the RSC website.

The pool of articles in the program is unlimited.

Full details of the program can be found on the publisher's website, where a search engine for RSC journals is also available.

The program is an addition to the national licence for access to the Science journal. The Science journal operates only in the subscription model, and a separate open-access journal, Science Advances, is intended for open access.

In 2025 the pool of articles in the program is 10.

The offer is available to corresponding authors affiliated with Polish institutions included in the Science license, who indicated this affiliation on the title page of the article. The publisher self-identifies such articles, but corresponding authors whose articles have been accepted for publication may also contact ICM at wbn@icm.edu.pl in order to participate in the program.

Details and updated information on the Science Advances open access publishing program

In 2025 the pool of articles in the program is unlimited.
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) is an international consortium that funds open scientific publications in the field of particle physics.
The program includes select journals from publishers: APS, Springer, Elsevier, IOP, OUP and the Jagiellonian University, see scoap3.org. The journals are fully or partially funded by SCOAP3.
Scientists from all over the world can publish in these journals and do not incur any individual fees.

Details and updated information on the SCOAP3 open access publishing program

The program includes select hybrid and open journals.
In 2025 the pool of articles in the program is 1378.

The program enables authors affiliated with Polish academic institutions to publish open access articles under a CC-BY licence (or alternatively CC-BY-NC if specifically requested by the author) in Springer hybrid journals. The costs of publishing articles in the program are covered by the Springer national licence fee with funds from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Who can participate in the program?

The program is intended for corresponding authors affiliated with institutions that are included in the Springer national license, and have set up an administrative account Article Approval Service (AAS) for verifying their authors’ affiliations, see list of institutions. The affiliation of the corresponding author should be stated in the headline of the article with sufficient precision to clearly identify it on the above list. A corresponding author may provide more than one affiliation in an article, and it is sufficient that at least one of them is consistent with the list. The affiliation of any co-authors of the article is not relevant to the program.

Which journals and what types of articles are covered by the program?

The program currently covers 1959 hybrid journals from the Springer core collection, 33 Springer open-access journals (which changed from a hybrid to a fully open-access model after 2022, see information in the catalogue in the ‘Publishing Model’ and ‘Important Note’ columns) and 20 ADIS hybrid journals, see catalogue 2025. Authors who send their articles to the fully open journals covered by the program should expect the risk that the article will be accepted after the 2025 pool has been exhausted and will have to be funded by the author (in the case of hybrid journals, a subscription publication option still remains). The program does not cover the remaining open access journals SpringerOpen and BioMed Central.
The program covers Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication and Continuing Education articles. Editorial Notes, News, Letters are not covered by the program. The program covers the Article Processing Charge, but optional additional charges for colour illustrations etc. are not covered. Note: the journal Advances in Therapy charges a mandatory Rapid Service Fee, which is not covered by the program. It is the only journal in the program applying this mandatory fee.

How to participate in the program?

After the article has been accepted for publication the corresponding author receives an email with a link, allowing them to finalize the publication process. The link takes you to a page where you have to click 'Request login email' (see presentation, page 3), after which the author will receive a second email with a link to the Open Access Systems Solution form. In the form, the corresponding author must indicate his or her affiliation (see presentation, page 5) on a list of institutions included in open access publishing agreements with Springer. The selected affiliation must be one of the author's affiliations stated in the article. The list in the form shows English names of Polish institutions, but selecting from this list serves only to confirm the author's affiliation, while the article may contain the name of the institution in any language version. If, at the time of completing the form, the pool of articles in the program for a given year is not yet exhausted and the system recognises the selected institution as belonging to the program, the form will display the information “Open access at no cost to you” (see presentation, page 6), which refers to the national agreement including all Polish academic institutions registered for the Springer licence. After clicking on 'Yes, submit for approval', the article information will be sent to the local administrator at the institution for affiliation verification. The author will be notified of the result of the verification by email (see presentation, page 9). Acceptance of the publication in the OA program means that the cost of the publication will be covered by the national licence fee, funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
The procedure described above is used by Springer to handle the majority of hybrid journals, with the exception of approximately 100 journals that have a ‘non-standard’ designation in the ‘Standard Hybrid Specific Workflow’ column in the 2025 catalogue. For these journals, the corresponding author will receive special handling instructions from the editors. In addition, the Open Access Systems Solution form only offers the standard CC-BY open access licence type, which is in line with Plan S and recommended by the WBN. However, if an author wishes to publish his/her article under a CC-BY-NC licence, he/she should notify the publisher at ORSupport@springernature.com at the time of or immediately after the first submission of the article to the journal. Upon acceptance of such an article, the author will receive a special form for the non-standard licence from the publisher. In the non-standard cases described above, the article information is also sent to the local administrator at the institution for affiliation verification.
The local administrator for the program at TUL is the Electronic Resources department of the TUL Library (contact information at the bottom of the page).

Where can you find help regarding the program?

All questions about open access publishing in hybrid journals can be addressed directly to the Springer Nature publisher at oa.verification@springernature.com. If you have any further issues, please contact WBN staff at wbn@icm.edu.pl. Information about the program is also available on the publisher's page Open access agreement for Poland.
Details and updated information on the Springer national open access publishing program

Details and updated information on the Springer national open access publishing program

2025 the pool of articles in the program is 137.

The program is intended for corresponding authors affiliated with institutions participating in the T&F consortium that have additionally applied for the Open Publishing Program. The program covers all hybrid (‘Open Select’) journals, see list 2025, including the most widely read journals, which are additionally listed under ‘High Impact’. The current list of Open Select journals can be generated on the publisher's website, where the ‘Open Select’ status and the Routlege and Taylor&Francis publishers must be ticked (our licence does not cover journals with ‘Full open access’ status or Dove Press). The program covers certain types of articles. The program allows a certain number of articles accepted for publication in the current year to be published without charge to the authors, and the pool of articles is shared by all participating institutions.

Once the publishing program is launched, the publisher's system will automatically qualify articles that are eligible for publication under the program based on the affiliation provided by the corresponding author at the article submission stage, the journal title and the article type. This pre-qualification will take place as soon as the article is accepted for publication and, at this point, the system will also check whether the program's article pool for the year is yet to be exceeded and, in the case of an article in a High Impact journal, whether the article pool for that group for the year is not exceeded. If the article qualifies for the program, the author will receive an email from the publisher informing them of this possibility and a second email with a link to the Author Publishing Agreement form, see presentation for authors. If the author indicates on the form that he/she wishes to use the program, the article will then be routed to an administrator at ICM who, in consultation with the participating institutions, will verify the author's affiliation and accept or reject the article to/from the program. If the article is rejected, the publisher's system will ask the author to fill in the agreement form again and choose either open access publication at their own expense or in a subscription model.

The coordinator for the T&F program and licence is ICM, contact information: wbn@icm.edu.pl. Information for authors can also be found on the publisher's website and the WBN website.

Details and updated information on the T&F open access publishing program