Publishing in Elsevier journals

Academics at ETH Zurich can now publish free open-access articles in Elsevier journals with immediate effect. The prerequisite for this is that the corresponding author of the submitted article is employed at ETH Zurich and the article was submitted in 2020. When external page submitting the manuscript, the ETH email address must be used. This agreement applies to all Elsevier journals including gold open-access. The Cell Press journals «The Lancet» and selected society journals are not included in the agreement. Therefore, please consult the list before choosing a journal to publish open access.

This agreement with Elsevier, negotiated by swissuniversities, is the second «read & publish» deal for ETH Zurich besides the agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry. It combines electronic access to all Elsevier journals with the possibility of open-access publishing in the form of a combined contract model. This represents an important step for ETH Zurich in the successful implementation of its open-access policy and external page national open access strategy. (German only).

Please contact the ETH Library's with any questions regarding the Elsevier agreement.

Further information on the funding of open-access publications

ETH Library advises ETH Zurich researchers regarding open access, supports them in their publishing activities and is responsible for running the open access repository Research Collection. It conducts negotiations with the publishing houses and gathers data on the extent to which open access is implemented at ETH Zurich.