Open Access agreements

Kristiania University College has agreements with several academic publishers for open publication. Some agreements provide a discount on APC (Article Processing Charges), while other agreements cover APC in its entirety. To qualify for a discount or full coverage of APC, you must be affiliated with Kristiania University College and be the corresponding author of the publication.

If an author is asked for a "personal invoice" during the publication process, it is important to contact the library first to clarify possible consequences.

If an agreement discussed below covers APC in its entirety, it means that Kristiania researchers will be able to publish their research articles openly. The APC will be covered as long as the annual quota has not been used up. The library will mark in the agreement list below when an agreement approaches the annual quota. After that, often only a discount is offered through the agreements, and the author must find funding for open publication in another way. See also section 4. under «Publiseringsveiledning» - «Fremgangsåte for å velge publiseringskanal».

If the publisher is not mentioned in the list below, there is no agreement that covers OA publishing costs via the Kristiania library. The authors can still choose to publish openly, but in this case must find funding themselves.

It is also possible to publish articles by self-archiving in Kristiania's knowledge archive (Kristiania Open Archive) (green OA).

In addition, the agreements ensure students, researchers and other employees reading rights to research articles published by these publishers.

See the Research Support pages for other information related to scientific publication as academic staff at Kristiania.

If you have any questions, contact biblioteket@kristiania.no

Open Access agreements

ACM Digital Library (ACM)

Validity period:	1.1.2022-31.12.2024.
Type of contract:	Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).
Authors eligible:	Most journals and conference series are included, check NSD's channel register or OpenScience.no. Channels that are not owned by ACM, such as IEEE, are not covered by the agreement.
Qualified authors:	Authors associated with Kristiania who have the role of "corresponding author". Use your Kristiania email address. It is important that authors state their Kristiania email address when submitting.
Publisher's info:	Publication through the agreement.

Workflow:	Author authorization is based on the email domain. Use your Kristiania email address. During the publishing process, ACM will alert you to the ability to publish Open Access at no additional cost. Your affiliation with Kristiania will be confirmed by the library.

Elsevier

Validity period:	1.1.2019-31.12.2024.
Type of contract:	Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).
Included journals:	Most of Elsevier's journals, but some are excluded, including the Cell Press titles and The Lancet. Check NSD's channel register or OpenScience.no.
Authors eligible:	Authors associated with Kristiania who have the role of "corresponding author." Use your Kristiania email address.
Licences possible:	CC BY og CC BY-NC-ND.
Publisher's info:	The publisher's website

Workflow:	Enter Kristiania University College, School of xxx. Use your Kristiania email address. During the publishing process, Elsevier will make you aware of the possibility of publishing Open Access at no extra cost. Your affiliation with Kristiania will be confirmed by the library.

Frontiers is an exclusively OA publishing house. The agreement with Sikt is not defined as a read & publish agreement since all the journals are already gold open. We do not purchase reading rights and our publishing rights consist of:

- a 10% discount on the publication cost (article processing charges: APC)

In order to publish under this agreement, the corresponding author must be affiliated with Kristiania University College. The agreement then gives a 10% discount on article processing charges (APC). APC will be charged to the author's School/Department and it is the author's responsibility to ensure that this is approved in advance.

You can find more information about the Frontiers agreement on openscience.no (Unfortunately this Sikt page can only be found in Norwegian.)
Agreement duration:
1 Jan 2023 — 31 Dec 2023

Agreement type:
Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).

Journals included:
All hybrid journals with the exception of 12 journals (these 12 titles are excluded). The agreement gives a 20% discount on publication in open journals.

Qualified authors:
The author must be affiliated with Kristiania University College and have the role of “corresponding author”. Remember to state Kristiania University College during the publishing process and use your Kristiania email address.

Available license:
Creative Commons

Workflow:

During the publishing process, Sage will make you aware of the possibility of publishing openly available at no extra cost. Your affiliation with HK will be confirmed by the library.

Workflow (openaccess.no).

Other information:
The publisher's websites.
Agreement duration:
1.1.2020–31.12.2022.

Agreement type:
Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).

Journals included:
List of included titles.

Qualified authors:
The author must be affiliated with Kristiania University College and have the role of “corresponding author”. Remember to state Kristiania University College during the publishing process and use your Kristiania email address.

Available license:
Creative Commons

Workflow:
Enter Kristiania University College, School of xxx as an institution through the publishing process. Use your Kristiania email address. During the publishing process, SpringerNature will alert you to the ability to publish Open Access at no additional cost. Your affiliation with Kristiania will be confirmed by the library.

Other information:
The main features of the agreement.
Agreement duration:
1.1.2023-31.12.2024

Agreement type:
Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).

Journals included:

All subscription journals that offer open publishing (Hybrid).

Qualified authors:
The author must be affiliated with Kristiania University College and have the role of “corresponding author”. Remember to state Kristiania University College during the publishing process and use your Kristiania email address.

Article type:
“Original research articles”.

Available license:
CC-BY and CC-BY-NC-ND.

Workflow:

Enter Kristiania University College as an institution through the publishing process. Use your Kristiania email address. During the publishing process, Taylor & Francis will alert you to the possibility of publishing Open Access. Your affiliation with Kristiania University College will be confirmed by the library.

Other information:
The publisher's websites.
Agreement duration:
1.1.2023-31.12.2023.

Agreement type:
Read and publish (covers both reading access and author fees).

Journals included:
Most of the publisher's hybrid journal (OnlineOpen), check NSD's channel register or OpenScience.no, as well as the publisher's open journal.

Qualified authors:
The author must be affiliated with Kristiania University College and have the role of “corresponding author”. Remember to state Kristiania University College during the publishing process and use your Kristiania email address.

Article type:
“Primary research” and “review articles”.

Available license:
Creative Commons (license type depends on what each journal offers)

Workflow:

Enter Kristiania University College, School of xxx as an institution through the publishing process. Use your Kristiania email address. During the publishing process, Wiley will alert you to the ability to publish Open Access at no extra cost. Your affiliation with Kristiania will be confirmed by the library.

Workflow (Wiley video).

Other information:
The publisher's website.