If you are a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution within the FCCN / b-on consortium, the Portugal transformative agreement means you can publish your article open access with fees covered by your institution.
More than 60 Portuguese institutions are participating in the transformative agreement between Springer Nature and FCCN / b-on consortium, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with these institutions are eligible to publish their articles open access with fees covered. The agreement includes hybrid journals across the Springer and Adis portfolios. In addition, you can enjoy full access to all Springer and Adis subscription journal content.
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^Fully open access journals, Nature journals, Academic Journals and Palgrave journals are not covered by this agreement.
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The OA publication service for the FCCN / b-on transformative agreement has reached its maximum article allowance for 2024. This means the agreement is no longer covering OA publishing fees until 2025.
The option to publish OA via Springer Open Choice is still available to you, but the publishing fee will not be covered under the agreement until 01 January 2025. Authors should use alternative funding sources in order to publish OA or proceed with publication under subscription until the agreement is reactivated. If you need advice on what OA funding is available to you, please visit our funding & support service page. For more information, please contact oa.verification@springernature.com. Alternatively, contact the OA team at your institution.
