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Open Access Publishing: HUJI Open Access agreements

   מדריך בעברית

The Hebrew University Library Authority works to create "Read & Publish" agreements and collaborations that will help its researchers publish in open access.

In order to receive an exemption from Article Processing Charges (APC), the corresponding author must be affiliated with the Hebrew University when the article is submitted.
Please use your HUJI email and affiliation when submitting an article:    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of ...

   The "Read & Publish" agreements only apply to APCs (Article Processing Charges) for making content open access.
All other costs such as submission fees, publication fees, color and pages charges, and printing costs remain the responsibility of the authors.

  Most “Subscribe to Open” (S2O) publishers do not require article processing charges (APCs).
Please check the open access publishing terms for your publisher of choice.

For more information, please contact the Library Authority      openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

ACS - American Chemical Society

ACS - American Chemical Society
Please note Open access funding conditions
  More information

As of 2022, HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in American Chemical Society (ACS) publications.
The number of articles allowed by the agreement is limited. The approval process goes through the Harman Science Library.

Please note: Open Access funding is limited to articles published in Q1 rated journals in JCR, with a maximum of 2 articles per primary author (PI) per calendar year.

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

AIP Publishing

AIP Publishing
  More information

As of 2022 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge with the following publishers, hybrid titles only:

American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Vacuum Society (AVS)
Acoustical Society of America

  AIP P&R titles

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

American Physical Society (APS)

APS
  More information

APS has signed an agreement with CERN in which High-energy physics (HEP) articles accepted by Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C, and Physical Review D will be published open access and funded by SCOAP3, with no publication charges for authors.

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

ACM - Association for Computing Machinery

ACM Digital Library
  More information

As of 2023 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in ACM Digital Library.

  ACM Publications Eligible for Open Access Publishing Under ACM OPEN

 

ACM will transition the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS) to a fully OA publishing model from January 2024.

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Brill (De Gruyter)

Brill
  More information

As of 2024 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Brill GOLD and hybrid journals.
Please use your HUJI email and affiliation when submitting an article.

  Brill: Institutional Open Access Agreements

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press
  More information

As of 2022 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Cambridge University Press journals.
  Cambridge University Press: OA publishing agreement with Malmad, Israel

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

CSH Press - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
  More information

HUJI authors can publish open access in select CSHP journals for a reduced fee of US$2035.

  • Genes & Development
  • Genome Research
  • RNA
  • Learning & Memory

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

Company of Biologists

Company of biologists
  More information

As of 2020, it is possible to publish free of charge Gold Open Access in the Company of Biologists hybrid journals.

  • Development
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Journal of Experimental Biology

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Elsevier


New agreement 2025
  More information

As of 2025 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles at Elsevier:

  • Free of charge in hybrid Freedom Collection journals and selected HUJI subscriptions in medicine, up to the HUJI quota.
    Beyond this quota, there will be a 15% discount of the APC.
  • 10% discount in Gold journals.

Cell and Lancet titles are not included in the agreement.

  Elsevier MALMAD OA Eligible Titles List 2025
  Elsevier additional HUJI OA eligible titles 2025

  Agreement between MALMAD and Elsevier

More information for authors:
  Author Guide
  Video

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

IOP Science - Institute of Physics

IOP
  More information

As of 2022, Affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Institute of Physics hybrid journals, including some of ECS and other Societies published by IOP.
As of 2024, 20 Gold Open Access journals have been added to this list.

Please check title list for eligible journals that are included in the transformative agreement.

  IOP Title List

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

Karger Publishers

Karger Publishers
  More information

Karger publishing house is based in Switzerland, and publishes journals in the medical, health and nutrition subject areas.

As of 2021 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Karger journals.

  Karger: Publish & Access – Transformative Agreements

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

MDPI
  More information

MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program allows authors to publish Gold Open Access with 10% discount as affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

  MDPI: Information for Authors

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Microbiology Society

Microbiology Society
  More information

As of 2023, it is possible to publish free of charge Gold Open Access in the Microbiology Society hybrid journals.

  • International journal of systematic & evolutionary microbiology
  • Journal of general virology

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Oxford University Press


New agreement 2025
  More information

As of 2025 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles at Oxford:

  • Free of charge in hybrid journals.
    Article types: research article, review article, brief report, or case report
  • 15% discount in Gold journals.

  Israel Institutions (MALMAD affiliated) Read and Publish agreement

  Eligible hybrid journals

More information for authors:
  Author Guide
  Video

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Portland Press


  More information

Portland Press is the Biochemical Society publisher.

As of 2021 it is possible to publish free of charge in all seven titles of Portland Press.

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

The Royal Society




  More information

The Hebrew University is proud to announce that as of 2021 all HUJI researchers can publish Gold Open Access articles without additional payment in the Royal Society journals.

Royal Society journals contain a wide range of disciplines, including life sciences, physics, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, psychology, neuroscience and more.

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

The Royal Society of Chemistry




  More information

As of 2025, publication of open access articles is at no cost in RSC's hybrid journals.
The publication quota is limited to a small number of articles.

  RSC hybrid journals

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

SAGE Publishing

Sage Publishing

  More information

As part of an agreement with the publisher SAGE, HUJI researchers can publish open access articles at a discounted rate of 200 GBP.

To qualify for the discount the authors must publish their article in one of the journals included in the "SAGE Premier Package" and offer hybrid open access publication.

SAGE will contact qualifying authors to inform them of the possible discount.

  Sage: Israel (MALMAD) agreement
Includes link to Sage Premier package

  Sage Choice (hybrid) Journal and Pricing Exceptions

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

SPIE - The international society for optics and photonics

SPIE
  More information

As of 2022 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in The international society for optics and photonics (SPIE) journals.

SPIE proceedings are not included in the "Read & Publish" agreement.

  SPIE P&R titles

Contact person:
Shir Peled, Harman Science Library,
02-6584566, shirpe@savion.huji.ac.il

Springer

Springer
  More information

As of 2024 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Springer, Palgrave Macmillan & Adis hybrid journals.
  Springer: Open access agreement for MALMAD Israel - Information for authors

Please note: Open access publishing in "Nature branded" and GOLD (fully open access) titles isn't included in the agreement.

  Springer Hybrid journals for open access publishing

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis
  More information

As of 2023 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles free of charge in Taylor & Francis hybrid journals.
  Taylor & Francis: Open Access Agreement for Authors in Israel

  Taylor & Francis Author services

  Taylor & Francis Hybrid journals for open access publishing.

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il

Wiley

Wiley
  More information

As of 2022 HUJI affiliated authors can publish open access articles Wiley journals.

  • Free of charge in hybrid journals.
    Restricted to article types that are primary research and review articles, including but not limited to original articles, case studies, reviews, and short communications.
  • 7% discount in Gold journals.

  Wiley Hybrid journals for open access publishing.

  Wiley: Open access agreement for authors at eligible Israeli institutions - Publish open access with Wiley

  Author workflow guide for OA APC funding request submission for hybrid journals

Contact the Library Authority
openaccess@savion.huji.ac.il