Transformative agreements
The University of Seville Library has agreements in place with leading publishers to support open access publishing. Through these agreements, authors from the University of Seville can benefit from discounts or full funding of article processing charges (APCs).
The Library undertakes to inform and advise researchers throughout the process and to deposit the article in IdUS to increase its visibility and ensure its preservation.
These agreements only cover article processing charges (APCs) for publication in Open Access. Publishers may charge other types of fees, such as for extra pages, colour images, tables, etc., which must be borne by the authors.
Agreements with the publishers ACS, Elsevier, Springer and Wiley are currently being negotiated for renewal in 2025.
At this stage, we have no information on how these negotiations will affect the terms or the journals included in these publishers’ portfolios.
| American Chemical Society (ACS) Pending signature |
| Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Cambridge University Press |
| Society of Biologists |
| Elsevier Under negotiation for 2025 |
| Emerald Pending signature |
| IEEE |
| Oxford University Press |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
| Springer Awaiting signature |
| Wiley Pending signature. |
How to publish in open access through transformative agreements ➜
Frequently Asked Questions about Transformative Agreements ➜
These requirements apply to all publishers. Please check the specific requirements on each publisher’s website.
- Corresponding author (or first author): US academic staff or those holding a postdoctoral contract at the US; students and pre-doctoral contract holders, provided the article is also co-authored by US academic staff.
- Institutional email address (@us.es or @alum.us.es): articles will not be accepted if the applicant does not use an institutional email address.
- Institutional signature: the signature must comply with the University of Seville’s Instructions for the signature of scientific publications.
Preference will be given to funding original articles that have been accepted for publication. Depending on the publisher, case studies, review articles, short communications, etc. may also be funded.