The University of Lincoln has joined the UK national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK.
The University of Lincoln supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this deal, eligible authors may publish in any Frontiers journal with a discount of 10% on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for articles.
This agreement will further encourage University of Lincoln researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.
This agreement provides a discount only and does not cover the full costs of APC. Authors are advised to obtain confirmation of funding to cover the remaining 90% of the APC from the University of Lincoln prior to submitting their manuscripts.
Once confirmation of funding is received in the form of a purchase order number, authors can submit their article to Frontiers under this agreement. They can select ‘University of Lincoln’ as the payer in the invoice section when submitting their article. Frontiers will then verify their eligibility with the University of Lincoln and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the university upon acceptance.
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