Open access deal - eLife
eLife is a non-profit scientific platform and journal which publishes research in medicine and the life sciences. The agreement, funded by Forte, Formas, Vetenskapsrådet and Vinnova, offers KAU researchers open access publishing at no cost in the journal.
How does it work?
Articles submitted to eLife from 1 January 2024 are eligible within the agreement. No invoice will be issued.
CC-licenses and publication types och artikeltyper
All articles are published with a CC BY-license. The agreement covers the publication types Research Articles, Short Reports, Research Advances och Tools and Resources Articles, i.e. publication types that would otherwise be associated with a publishing fee.
Workflow
eLife peer reviews only articles that have first been made available as preprints. Peer-reviewed preprints will be published as traditional journal articles (Version of Record) in the journal, should the authors so choose.
As corresponding author you will need to use your KAU affiliation and email for eLife to be able to identify your paper as eligible within the agreement.
More information on eLife