Author Fee Service

The Author Fee Service provides instructions on how reseachers at the University of Helsinki can publish articles open access. The researchers can take advantage of negotiated agreements with publishers where author fees are included in the cost of the library's journal contract. In addition, if the conditions are met, you can apply for separate funding from the Library to cover the author's fee.
Open access publishing options

How do I publish my article open access?

  • Check whether the University of Helsinki Library has a Read & Publish agreement with the publisher of your choice. The library's contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.
  • Publish your article in an open access journal, and meet the conditions for applying for separate APC funding from the library.

You have the right to take advantage of library agreements when you

  • You are the corresponding author of the article and you have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You use the helsinki.fi email address when submitting your article.
Publisher-specific agreements and journal lists

The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.

  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026 and covers articles accepted by the publisher for publication during the contract period.
  • You can openly publish an article from the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki. See. See HY affiliation. Select your UH affiliation in the ACS system when you submit.
  • You are publishing an article under CC BY licence.

The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.

  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2027. The contract covers articles that the publisher accepts for publication during the contract period.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish an article openly from the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license
  • The article type is one of the following:
    • Research Article
    • Short Paper
    • Technical Note / Editorial Note / Note
    • Tutorial
    • Case Study
    • Interview
    • Review Article
    • Survey Article

The library contract entitles you to a 15% discount on the author's fee.

  • Period of validity 1.1.2025-31.12.2026
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki
  • You are submitting an article from the UH network
  • You publish the article under a CC BY licence

You can apply for separate Library APC funding for the author's fee when sending your article to the publisher, if you want to get the rest of the author's fee covered,

 

 

You can publish an article openly within the quota of the Helsinki University Library's press agreement. The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publication is free of charge to you.

  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2024 to 31.12.2025.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki
  • You can openly publish an article within the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license

Article types:

  • Research
  • Case report
  • Brief report
  • Review or rapid communications article

 The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.

  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2024 to 31.12.2025.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • Correspondence with the publisher at helsinki.fi
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2025. Approved or rejected?
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki
  • Select the University of Helsinki as the institution when submitting your article
  • You are publishing the article under a CC BY license

 
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2025.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • Correspondence with the publisher at helsinki.fi
  • Free open access according to the APC funding criteria of the library.

 The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.

  • Period of validity 11.1.2023-31.12.2025
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki
  • You can openly publish an article from the article quota of the Read & Publish contract of the University of Helsinki Library
  • You publish the article under CC BY or CC BY - NC - ND license
  • Your article is peer-reviewed

Article type:

  • full length journal articles
  • review articles
  • short communications
  • case reports
  • short reviews (surveys)
  • original software publications
  • data articles
  • micro-articles
  • protocols
  • replication studies

  • videos
     
     


     
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish an article openly from the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You use the helsinki.fi address to submit your article
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license
  • The article type is one of the following:
    • Research Paper
    • Viewpoint
    • Technical Paper
    • Conceptual Paper
    • Case Study
    • Literature Review
    • General Review

The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.

  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2024 to 31.12.2025. Your article has been accepted during the contract period.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish an article openly from the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY licence
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2023 to 31.12.2027.
  • Corresponding Author
    Correspondence with the publisher at helsinki.fi
  • Article types:
    • Original research articles
    • Review articles
    • Letters
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026. Your article has been accepted during the contract period.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish your article openly within the quota of the Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license. If the journal does not offer a CC BY license, you can publish the article under a CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND license.
  • Your article is accepted for publication in an ACM journal or conference publication for the period 1 January 2025-31 December 2027:
  • Article type:
    • original research article (ml. systematic reviews ja case reports)  
    • review article
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish your article openly within the quota of the University of Helsinki Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license
  • The article type is one of the following:
    • Original Paper
    • Analysis
    • Article
    • Letter
    • Brief Communication
    • Registered Report
    • Resource
    • Technical Report

1.1.2025-31.12.2027

The Library will support the OLH 2025-27. OLH currently comprises 32 open access journals operating on the diamond model (= no subscription or voluntary subscription).

 
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2024 to 31.12.2025
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You use the helsinki.fi email address when dealing with the publisher
  • Free open access according to the APC funding criteria of the library (or should that be open access?)
  • Right to free access by [at]helsinki.fi email
  • The article is peer-reviewed.
  • Your article will not be published in Supplements
  • 1.1.2024 - 31.12.2025
  • Corresponding Author
  • Please use @helsinki.fi when submitting this article.
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026. Your article has been accepted during the contract period.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You are publishing the article under a CC BY licence
  • The article type is one of the following:
    • original research paper
    • review paper
    • brief communications
    • short report
    • case report
  • Contract period 1.1.2024-31.12.2025. Your article has been accepted during the contract period.
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki.
  • You can publish your article openly within the quota of Helsinki University Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY or CC BY-NC license
  • The article type is one of the following:
    • original paper
    • Review Paper
    • Brief Communication
    • Continuing Education
  • Note: No Nature titles -> See above Nature Research

Our contract offers a 15% discount on the author's fee, which does not cover the full fee.

You can apply for our separate APC funding to cover the remainder, provided your article meets the conditions.

The library contract covers the author's fee, and open access publishing is free of charge to you.
  • Sopimuksen voimassaolo 1.1.2025–31.12.2026. Artikkelisi on hyväksytty sopimuskauden aikana.
  • Olet artikkelin vastaava kirjoittaja (corresponding author) ja sinulla on Helsingin yliopiston voimassa oleva affiliaatio
  • Voit julkaista artikkelin avoimesti Helsingin yliopiston kirjaston lehtisopimukseen sisältyvästä kiintiöstä
  • Julkaiset artikkelin CC BY -lisenssillä
  • Artikkelisi on hyväksytty julkaistavaksi ajalla 1.1.2025–31.12.2027 ACM:n lehdessä tai konferenssijulkaisussa: 
  • Kun lähetät artikkelisi lehdelle, valitse huolellisesti pudotusvalikosta organisaatio, johon olet affilioitunut (Helsingin yliopisto), älä tiedekuntaa tai laitosta. Käytä lisäksi organisaatiokohtaista sähköpostiosoitettasi.

 
  • The contract is valid from 1.1.2025 to 31.12.2026 (the contract is still under negotiation).
  • You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid affiliation with the University of Helsinki
  • You can publish an article openly from the quota of the University of Helsinki Library's journal contract
  • You publish the article under a CC BY license

 
Separate APC funding of the library for authors' fees

When you publish your article in a fully open access journal that is not included in the library's contracts, you can apply for author's fee funding from the library's separate APC funding. To apply for funding, you must meet the following conditions:

  1. You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid University of Helsinki affiliation at the time of submission. The Library will check your affiliation in the TUHAT research information system.
  2. The journal in which you intend to publish your article is an open access journal with a Jufo level of 1-3.
  3. You are submitting an article for publication (submission) for the period 1.1.2025-31.12.2025. Please apply for funding when submitting your article.
  4. The Library will fund the author's fee for one article up to a maximum of EUR 3,500.
  5. You publish your article under a CC-BY licence. In certain cases, a more limited licence is accepted.
  6. For Academy projects/researches that have received a funding decision before 2021, the author fees must be covered by the Academy's research grant.
  7. A corresponding author may apply for funding for author fees for up to six articles per calendar year. The limit of six articles may be waived for justified reasons.

The funding does not cover editing, image and page charges or the costs of open access publication of scientific books (C1) or edited works (C2).
Funding conditions (2025)
  1. You are the corresponding author of the article and have a valid University of Helsinki affiliation at the time of submission. (See UH affiliation.) The Library will check your affiliation in the TUHAT research information system.
  2. The journal in which you intend to publish your article is an open access journal with a Jufo level of 1-3.
  3. You are submitting an article for publication (submission) for the period 1.1.2025-31.12.2025. Please apply for funding when submitting your article.
  4. The Library will fund the author's fee for one article up to a maximum of EUR 3,500.
  5. You publish your article under a CC-BY licence. In certain cases, a more limited licence will be accepted.
  6. For projects or studies funded by the Academy before 2021, the author's fees must be covered by the Academy's research grant.
  7. A corresponding author may apply for funding for author fees for up to six articles per calendar year. The limit of six articles may be waived for justified reasons.

    If you meet the conditions, please fill in the funding request form.
University of Helsinki Affiliation

In the context of the author fee service, University of Helsinki affiliation means that the corresponding author has a valid relationship with the University of Helsinki. A valid relationship with the university may be:

  • Working Contract
  • Other contractual relationship: professorship, associate professorship, visiting scholar, fellowship, or docentorship
  • Doctoral studies; registered as present or absent

In addition, the corresponding author must have a valid University of Helsinki user account and helsinki.fi email address. Many publishers require this in order for the author to be considered to be covered by a University of Helsinki contract.

We check the corresponding author's affiliation in the TUHAT research information system.