The University of Gothenburg is part of an open access deal agreed with Frontiers. Under the terms of the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet) will receive discounted article processing charges for eligible authors in any of the Frontiers journals.

Discover how we publish at Frontiers. If you’re ready to publish, check out our author guidelines for everything you need to know about the submission process, from choosing a journal to preparing your manuscript.  

Are you a researcher at the University of Gothenburg? Here is what the agreement means for you:

As a leading open access publisher, Frontiers works with research institutions, libraries, consortia and funders to improve support for researchers publishing open access. We work to: 

• reduce administrative time for authors and institutions by centralizing communications and streamlining submission and payment workflows. 

• release authors from some/all responsibility for article processing charges (APCs) - contact your institution or librarian for full details. 

• simplify the submissions process to ensure authors are able to submit their work quickly and easily with step-by-step support.

Are you eligible?

To be eligible under the partnership you need to ensure: 

• an affiliated University of Gothenburg author is the corresponding author.

• the corresponding author uses their University of Gothenburg email address.

For more information, visit https://www.ub.gu.se/sv/publicera/open-access/rabatter-pa-publiceringsavgifter

Not an affiliated University of Gothenburg author?

The Frontiers institutional partnerships program collaborates with over 600 institutions across the world. To learn more about our agreements and partnerships, check out our page. 

Your institution may pay the full APC and receive a 10% discount when the eligibility criteria are met.