The University of Bologna has joined the national CARE-CRUI agreement signed with Oxford University Press. The transformative agreement covers both the subscription fees for accessing the Journals Full 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 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: 2024-2026. Activated in March 2025. 

Open Access publishing obligation: No.

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 25 KB] (see the dedicated FAQ). 

Types of eligible articles: Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, Brief Reports. Articles published in supplements are not eligible.
Available fund: unlimited fund.

Licence: see the dedicated FAQ.

Self-archiving mode (Green Open Access): authors can deposit the Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM) (post-print) version of their articles in the institutional repository and/or publish it on their personal websites. The publication will be accessible as Open Access 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 Journals Full Collection subscribed by the University of Bologna, as well as in the hybrid journals that will turn full Open Access, accessible via the Oxford Academic platform.

Journals that were already full Open Access when the agreement was signed are not included; therefore, authors can publish their articles with a 15% discount on the list price.

Here is a list [.xlsx 25 KB] of the eligible journals in 2025. Articles published in supplements are not eligible.

Under which kind of licence will articles be published?

The standard licence is CC BY. The author may, however, opt for one of the other Creative Commons licences allowed by the journal on which the article is published.

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?