Springer 

The cost of publishing articles under the program is covered by Springer’s national license fee from MEiN funds.

Which journals and articles are covered?

This year (2024), the program includes 1983 hybrid journals with a limit of 1363 articles to submit. BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals are not included in the program. The program covers OriginalPaper, ReviewPaper, BriefCommunication and ContinuingEducation articles. EditorialNotes, News, Letters are not included in the program.

Using programme: 

Once an article is editorially accepted for publication, the author receives an email with a link to complete the publishing agreement (you will receive a link to the Open Access Systems Solution form). 

You have to fill in: 

1. Details about the corresponding author and affiliated institution (The name of the affiliated institution should be written down in the headline of the article. An author can add more than one affiliated institution in an article, but at least one of them should be from the participating institutions. There is no need for co-authors to be affiliated with an institution from the Springer list). 
2. If the pool of articles is unused, you will see information in the form: “Open access at no cost to you”. Open access articles are published in hybrid journals on CC BY license.  
3. If you submit your article for approval, the information about your article will be sent to the local administrator to confirm your affiliation. 
4. You will get an approval email, which means that your article for open access will be published with fees covered. 

If you are going to submit your article to a journal designated as a ‘non-standard’ (from column J), you will receive an email with instructions on how to proceed from the editorial office. In this case, the information about your article will be sent to the local administrator to confirm your affiliation, too. 

Where can I get help with the program?

Please visit the website for more information: Poland Read and Publish agreement. 

If you need help, please contact Springer Nature: oa.verification@springernature.com or WBN (Wirtualna Biblioteka Nauki): wbn@icm.edu.pl.