- EIFL (worldwide)
- Jisc (United Kingdom)
- Tel Aviv University (Israel)
EIFL
Beginning in 2021, ERS has a “read and publish” arrangement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) to improve access to the ERJ for institutions in 37 countries.
Authors in the following countries will be able to publish their article open access, with a CC-BY licence, at no cost:
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Albania |
Kenya |
North Macedonia |
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Armenia |
Kosovo |
Palestine |
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Azerbaijan |
Kyrgyzstan |
Senegal |
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Belarus |
Laos |
Serbia |
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Botswana |
Lesotho |
Sudan |
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Congo (Democratic Republic) |
Malawi |
Tanzania |
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Ethiopia |
Maldives |
Uganda |
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Fiji |
Moldova |
Ukraine |
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Georgia |
Myanmar |
Uzbekistan |
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Ghana |
Namibia |
Zambia |
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Ivory Coast |
Nepal |
Zimbabwe |
In addition, institutions in the above countries can apply for free access to the ERJ online by contacting EIFL (https://eifl.net/publisher/european-respiratory-society).
Institutions in the following countries can apply to be part of the read-and-publish deal for a reduced fee. Corresponding authors may wish to discuss this with their library’s acquisitions team prior to submission:
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Slovenia
To be eligible for free open access publishing under this offer, articles must meet the following conditions:
- Be any article type other than Editorial
- For country-based eligibility: have a corresponding author whose e-mail address or primary affiliation indicates a country that corresponds to one of the countries listed as eligible for free read and publish
- For institution-based eligibility: have an e-mail address (on their ScholarOne account and the to-be-published article) that is issued by a subscriber institution
Be accepted for publication between 1 January, 2020 and 31 December, 2022.
Jisc
ERS has entered into a "transformative deal" with the UK umbrella body Jisc.
Under the terms of the arrangement, eligible articles in one or more ERS journals will be published under a CC-BY open access licence at no cost to the author: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
To be eligible, articles must meet the following conditions:
- Be any article type other than a European Respiratory Journal Editorial, an official ERS document or an article which ERS is prevented from publishing open access by another rightsholder.
- Have a corresponding author whose email address (on their ScholarOne account and the to-be-published article) is issued by a participating institution
- Be accepted between 1 January, 2022 and 31 December, 2023, inclusive
Participating institutions
- Cardiff University (European Respiratory Journal): https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/
- Imperial College (European Respiratory Journal): https://www.imperial.ac.uk
- Lancaster University (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/
- Queen Mary University of London (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.qmul.ac.uk/
- Queen's University Belfast (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.qub.ac.uk/
- St George's, University of London (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.sgul.ac.uk/
- Ulster University (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.ulster.ac.uk/
- University of Birmingham (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.bham.ac.uk/
- University of Bristol (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
- University of Cambridge (European Respiratory Journal): https://www.cam.ac.uk/
- University of Edinburgh (European Respiratory Journal): https://www.ed.ac.uk
- University of Exeter STARTS JANUARY 2023 (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.exeter.ac.uk/
- University of Leicester (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://le.ac.uk/
- University of Liverpool (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/
- University of Nottingham (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/
- University of Oxford (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.ox.ac.uk/
- University of Reading (European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research): https://www.reading.ac.uk/
Tel Aviv University
Beginning in 2022, ERS has a read-and-publish agreement with Tel Aviv University (https://www.tau.ac.il), covering the European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Review and ERJ Open Research. Under the terms of the arrangement, eligible articles in the three participating ERS journals will be published under a CC-BY open access licence at no cost to the author: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
To be eligible for free open access publishing under this offer, articles must meet the following conditions:
- Be any article type other than a European Respiratory Journal Editorial, an official ERS document or an article which ERS is prevented from publishing open access by another rightsholder.
- Have a corresponding author whose email address (on their ScholarOne account and the to-be-published article) is issued by Tel Aviv University.
- Be accepted between 1 January, 2022 and 31 December, 2022, inclusive
This page was updated on 16 January 2023