Unife has signed the 2023-2027 transformative agreement signed by CRUI's Electronic Resources Area with the publisher Elsevier.
From the university's network, or from a connection outside the Unife LAN using the OpenVPN software, thanks to the CRUI-Elsevier contract, it is possible to consult over 2,300 journals by accessing the platform Science Direct Online, or you can find the list of journal that can be consulted at this link.
For the entire duration of the contract, Unife researchers will also be able to publish with open access in over 1,800 Elsevier Hybrid journals. Information for submitting a contribution to the Elsevier website.
When publishing with Open Access, the APC (Article Processing Charge) is ascribed to the contract participation cost paid by the university.
If an author has published under subscription, he/she may change the type of publication by following this procedure.
The contractual titles of Hybrid journals where it is possible to publish in open access can be consulted in this file Hybrid Journals.
No funding is currently available to support publications in Gold Open Access. Therefore, researchers intending to publish in Gold Journals will need to use their own research funds.
The contractual titles in which it is not possible to publish are listed in this file.
At this URL it is possible to consult all the information on the contract signed by the university, and other information on open access publishing in this publisher's journals.
The CRUI-Elsevier contract also includes the journals from the Cell Press collection and guaranteesaccess to the journals subscribed to by the university in which Unife researchers can publish articles throughout the duration of the contract, also with open access.
When publishing with Open Access, the APC is ascribable to the contract participation cost paid by the university only if the articles are published in the journals subscribed to by the university that are eligible under the contract .
The titles of the contract Hybrid journals subscribed to by Unife and eligible for the publication of articles with open access are listed in this file
CRUI has not provided for a pre-established allocation of funds for OA publication in hybrid journals among the institutions participating in the contract, and from 2025 the number of OA publications that will be accepted by the publisher is unlimited until the contract expires in December 2027.
No funding is currently available to support publications in Gold Open Access, therefore researchers intending to publish in Gold Journals by Elsevier will need to use their own research funds.
The articles considered to be suitable for OA publication are Original Papers, Review Papers, Case Reports.
From the 1st January 2025, coinciding with the change to unlimited publication for Hybrid titles, suitable articles will also include Short Communications.
It is possible to consult the clauses for OA publication with this publisher in the journals included in the contract, considering that the predefined licence will be CC BY 4.0, but that it will also be possible to publish under licence CC BY NC ND 4.0: however, the choice of this second licence entails the transfer of marketing rights to the publisher, so its use is not recommended .
Last update: 28.03.2025