The University of Bologna has joined the national CARE-CRUI agreement signed with the American Institute of Physics. The transformative agreement covers both the subscription fees for accessing the collection subscribed by the University of Bologna and the fees for publishing Open Access in the hybrid journals included in the same collection, as well as in all hybrid journals that will be converted to Open Access during the term of the agreement. Therefore, authors can publish Open Access at no additional costs.

 

SUMMARY SHEET FOR PUBLICATION

Agreement duration: 2025-2026. Activated in September 2025.

Requirements for covering publishing costs: elegibility of the corresponding author (see the dedicated FAQ), journal and article type.

List of the eligible journals: 2025 list [.xlsx 10 KB] (see the dedicated FAQ). 

Types of eligible articles: Articles, Conference Articles, Letters, Research Updates, Reviews.

Available fund: annual limited national fund.

Licence: CC BY.

Self-archiving mode (Green Open Access): for articles not covered by the agreement authors can deposit in the institutional repository and/or in their personal websites and publish as Open Access: the Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM) (post-print) immediately, and the Version of Record (publisher's version) after a 12-month embargo period.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION

Which authors may be eligible?

Only corresponding authors already affiliated with the University of Bologna on the date the article is accepted are eligible, including academics with fixed-term contracts such as PhD students, research fellows, fixed-term assistant professors, specialisation school students, etc.

Authors must submit their contributions via their institutional email address (i.e.: name.surname@unibo.it or name.surname@studio.unibo.it).

Which are the eligible journals?

Authors can publish in the hybrid journals included in the collection subscribed by the University of Bologna, as well as in all hybrid journals that will be converted to full Open Access during the term of the contract, accessible on the AIP Publishing platform.

Here is a list [.xlsx 10 KB] of the eligible journals in 2025.

What happens if the annual national fund is exhausted?

The agreement covers the publishing costs up to the annual national fund available to all institutions that have signed the agreement.

Once the national fund is exhausted, the costs for publishing new articles will be charged to the authors.

Under which kind of licence will articles be published?

The standard licence is CC BY .

Authors retain all rights relating to their articles, which may be deposited in the University of Bologna institutional repository (IRIS) and published on the authors’ personal websites. Open access is granted right after the publication without any embargo period.

When will the article be published Open Access?

The article will be published once the University of Bologna has verified the author’s affiliation with the University and has given its approval.

Which costs are excluded from the coverage of the agreement?

Any other publication fees (i.e.: submission fees, color pages, overlength pages fees etc.) are not covered by the agreement.

Where can I find more information about the agreement?