Open access deal - Copernicus | Karlstad University

Copernicus is a publisher of open access journals in geoscience and adjacent disciplines. The publisher holds circa 50 open access journals. The agreement - funded by The Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas och Vinnova - offers KAU researchers open access publishing at no cost in any Copernicus journal.

How does it work?

Manuscripts submitted to Copernicus from 2024-01-01 are eligible within the agreement. No invoice will be issued to you as researcher.

CC-license and publication types

All articles are published with a CC BY-license. The agreement covers all publication types.

Workflow

Articles that are to be published within the agreement are recognized as such when the manuscript is submitted to one of Copernicus' journals. The corresponding author chooses the option Swedish universities, university colleges, public agencies, and research institutes from a dropdown menu and after that Karlstad University.