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Free and unlimited publishing of Open Access articles (hereinafter “OA”) for corresponding authors from institutions that are members of the CzechELib consortium:

  • Brno University of Technology
  • Charles University
  • Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the CAS
  • Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS
  • Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS
  • Institute of Physics of the CAS
  • J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS
  • Masaryk University
  • Mendel University in Brno
  • Palacky University Olomouc
  • The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (only facility Dolní Břežany, CZ)
  • University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • University of Pardubice

Eligible journals: fully OA titles and hybrid titles

Contract duration: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025

How does an author publish an Open Access article?

When submitting a manuscript, a corresponding author must use an institutional e-mail address (domains are listed as part of the transformative agreement: fzu.cz; muni.cz; mendelu.cz; eli-beams.eu, eli-beams.cz, eli-laser.eu; cuni.cz; upol.cz; upce.cz; iic.cas.cz; jh-inst.cas.cz; imc.cas.cz; uochb.cas.cz; vscht.cz; vutbr.cz, vut.cz. The system should also correctly recognize subdomains.)

In the e-mail announcing the acceptance of an article, the author receives a link to the system where he/she selects the article license. The system should automatically recognise the permission for free “Gold Open Access” publishing and offer this option to the author. We recommend choosing a CC-BY license.

Detailed Instructions from the Publisher:

Step-by-step instructions in the detailed RSC guide.