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Open access agreement for Spain

Information for authors

If you are a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution within the CRUE-CSIC Alliance, the agreement reached means you can publish your article open access (OA) with fees covered by your institution.

More than 60 Spanish institutions are participating in the transformative agreement between 50度灰 and Crue & CSIC, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with these institutions are eligible to publish their articles OA with fees covered. The agreement includes more than 2,200 journals^ across the Springer and Adis portfolios. In addition, you can enjoy full access to all Springer and Adis subscription journal content. 

^Nature journals, Academic Journals and Palgrave journals are not covered by this agreement.

*Acting as main contact for 50度灰 correspondence after editorial acceptance.

Announcement

The OA publication service for the following institutions have reached their maximum article allowance. This means that the CRUE-CSIC agreement is no longer covering OA publishing fees for affiliated authors until 01 January 2025.

  1. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  2. Universidad de Alcal谩
  3. Universidad de Almer铆a
  4. Universidad de Castilla la Mancha
  5. Universidad de Granada 
  6. Universidad de la Laguna
  7. Universidad Nacional de Educaci贸n Distancia (UNED)
  8. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  9. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  10. Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid
  11. Universidad de Deusto
  12. Universidad de Vigo
  13. Universidad Miguel Hern谩ndez
  14. Universidad Carlos III
  15. Universidad Polit茅cnica de Madrid
  16. Universidade da Coru帽a
  17. Universidad de Sevilla
  18. Universidad de C贸rdoba
  19. Universitat de Valencia
  20. Universidad de Murcia
  21. Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  22. Universidad de Navarra

The option to publish OA via Springer Open Choice is still available, but the publishing fee will not be covered under the agreement until 01 January 2025. Corresponding authors should use alternative funding sources to publish OA or proceed with publication under subscription until the agreement is reactivated. If you need advice on what OA funding is available to you, please visit our funding & support service page. For more information, please contact: oa.verification@springernature.com. Alternatively, contact the OA team at your institution.

Learn more about your eligibility

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Participating institutions

A

  • Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience

B

  • Basque Center for Applied Mathematics - BCAM


  • BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change
  • BCBL Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
  • BCMaterials- Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures


C

  • Centro Andaluz de Biolog铆a del Desarrollo (CABD)
  • Centro Andaluz de Biolog铆a Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER)
  • Centro de Astrobiolog铆a (CAB)


C (continued)

  • Centro de Autom谩tica y Rob贸tica (CAR)
  • Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS)
  • Centro de Edafolog铆a y Biolog铆a Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)
  • Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB)
  • Centro de F铆sica de Materiales (CFM)
  • Centro de F铆sica Miguel A. Catal谩n (CFMAC)
  • Centro de F铆sica Te贸rica y Matem谩ticas (CFTMAT)
  • Centro de Investigaci贸n Cardiovascular (CIC)
  • Centro de Investigaci贸n de Nanomateriales y Nanotecnolog铆a (CINN)
  • Centro de Investigaci贸n en Nanociencia y Nanotecnolog铆a
  • Centro de Investigaci贸n y desarrollo Pascual Vila (CID)
  • Centro de Investigaciones Biol贸gicas (CIB)
  • Centro de Investigaciones Isla de la Cartuja (CICIC)
  • Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificaci贸n (CIDE)
  • Centro de Qu铆mica Org谩nica Lora Tamayo (CENQUIOR)
  • Centro de Qu铆mica y Materiales de Arag贸n (CEQMA)
  • Centro Mediterraneo de Investigaciones Marinas
  • Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA)
  • Centro Nacional de Biotecnolog铆a (CNB)
  • Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metal煤rgicas (CENIM)
  • CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energ茅ticas, Medioambientales y Tecnol贸gicas)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)

D

  • DIPC Donostia International Physics Center

E

  • Escuela de Estudios 脕rabes (EEA)
  • Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos (EEHA)
  • Escuela Espa帽ola de Historia y Arqueolog铆a (EEHAR)
  • Estaci贸n Biol贸gica de Do帽ana (EBD)
  • Estaci贸n Experimental Aula dei (EEAD)
  • Estaci贸n Experimental de Zonas 脕ridas (EEZA)
  • Estaci贸n Experimental del Zaidin (EEZ)

F

  • Fundaci贸n Biof铆sica Bizkaia

G

  • Geociencias Barcelona (GEO3BCN)

I

  • Instituci贸n Mila y Fontanals (IMF)
  • Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT)
  • Instituto Biofisika (IBF)
  • Instituto Bot谩nico de Barcelona (IBB)
  • Instituto Cajal (IC)
  • Instituto de Acuicultura Torre de la Sal (IATS)
  • Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS)
  • Instituto de Agrobiotecnolog铆a (IDAB)
  • Instituto de Agroqu铆mica y Tecnolog铆a de Alimentos (IATA)
  • Instituto de An谩lisis Econ贸mico (IAE)
  • Instituto de Arqueolog铆a-M茅rida (IAM)
  • Instituto de Astrof铆sica de Andaluc铆a (IAA)
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a Evolutiva (IBE)
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a Funcional y Gen贸mica (IBFG)
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB)
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a Molecular y Celular de Plantas
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a Molecular y Celular del C谩ncer de Salamanca (IBMCC)
  • Instituto de Biolog铆a y Gen茅tica Molecular (IBGM)
  • Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV)
  • Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnolog铆a de Cantabria (IBBTEC)
  • Instituto de Carboqu铆mica (ICB)


  • Instituto de Cat谩lisis y Petroleoqu铆mica (ICP)
  • Instituto de Cer谩mica y Vidrio (ICV)
  • Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB)
  • Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM)
  • Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog铆a de Alimentos y Nutrici贸n
  • Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnolog铆a del Carbono (INCAR)
  • Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA)
  • Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcci贸n Eduardo Torroja (IETCC)
  • Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (ICVV)
  • Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE)
  • Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (INCIPIT)
  • Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andaluc铆a (ICMAN)
  • Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento (IEGPS)
  • Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA)
  • Instituto de F铆sica Corpuscular (IFIC)
  • Instituto de F铆sica de Cantabria (IFC)
  • Instituto de F铆sica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC)
  • Instituto de Ganader铆a de Monta帽a (IGM)
  • Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO)
  • Instituto de Gesti贸n de la Innovaci贸n y del Conocimiento
  • Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterr谩nea la Mayora (IHSM)
  • Instituto de Investigaci贸n en Ciencias de Alimentaci贸n (CIAL)
  • Instituto de Investigaci贸n en Inteligencia Artificial (IIIA)
  • Instituto de Investigaci贸n en Recursos Cineg茅ticos (IREC)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiol贸gicas de Galicia (IIAG)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Biom茅dicas Alberto Sols (IIBM)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Biom茅dicas de Barcelona (IIBB)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM)
  • Instituto de la Grasa (IG)
  • Instituto de Micro y Nanotecnolog铆a (IMN)
  • Instituto de Microelectr贸nica de Barcelona (IMB)
  • Instituto de Microelectr贸nica de Sevilla (IMS)
  • Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)
  • Instituto de Parasitolog铆a y Biomedicina L贸pez Neyra (IPBLN)
  • Instituto de Productos L谩cteos de Asturias (IPLA)
  • Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiolog铆a (IPNA)
  • Instituto de Quimica Fisica Blas Cabrera (IQF)
  • Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiolog铆a de Salamanca (IRNASA)
  • Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiolog铆a Sevilla (IRNAS)
  • Instituto de Rob贸tica e Inform谩tica Industrial (IRII)
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • Instituto de Tecnolog铆a Qu铆mica (ITQ)
  • Instituto de Tecnolog铆as F铆sicas y de la Informaci贸n Leonardo Torres Quevedo
  • Instituto Espa帽ol de Oceanograf铆a (IEO)
  • Instituto Geol贸gico y Minero de Espa帽a (IGME)
  • Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEdeA)
  • Instituto Nacional de Investigaci贸n y Tecnolog铆a Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

L

  • Laboratorio de Investigaci贸n en Fluidodin谩mica y Tecnolog铆as de la Combustion (LIFTEC)

M

  • Mision Biol贸gica de Galicia (MBG)
  • Mondragon Unibertsitatea
  • MPC Materials Physics Center
  • Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)

O

  • Observatorio del Ebro (OE)
  • Organizaci贸n Central

P

  • Polymat

R

  • Real Jard铆n Bot谩nico (RJB)
  • Recerca i Tecnologia Agroaliment脿ries (IRTA)

S

  • Secretar铆a Gral. Adjunta de Inform谩tica (SGAI)

U

  • Unidad de Recursos de Informaci贸n Cient铆fica para la Investigaci贸n (URICI)
  • Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
  • Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid
  • Universidad Carlos III
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Universidad de Alcal谩
  • Universidad de Alicante
  • Universidad de Almer铆a
  • Universidad de Burgos
  • Universidad de Cadiz
  • Universidad de Cantabria
  • Universidad de Castilla la Mancha
  • Universidad de C贸rdoba
  • Universidad de Deusto
  • Universidad de Extremadura
  • Universidad de Granada
  • Universidad de Huelva
  • Universidad de Ja茅n
  • Universidad de la Laguna
  • Universidad de la Rioja
  • Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Universidad de Le贸n
  • Universidad de M谩laga
  • Universidad de Murcia
  • Universidad de Navarra
  • Universidad de Oviedo
  • Universidad de Salamanca
  • Universidad de Sevilla
  • Universidad de Valladolid
  • Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Universidad del Pa铆s Vasco
  • Universidad Europea de Madrid
  • Universidad Internacional de Andaluc铆a
  • Universidad Miguel Hern谩ndez
  • Universidad Nacional de Educaci贸n Distancia (UNED)
  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide
  • Universidad Polit茅cnica de Cartagena
  • Universidad Polit茅cnica de Madrid
  • Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
  • Universidad P煤blica de Navarra
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
  • Universidad San Jorge
  • Universidade da Coru帽a
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • Universidade de Vigo
  • Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona
  • Universitat de Barcelona
  • Universitat de Girona
  • Universitat de Les Illes Balears
  • Universitat de Lleida
  • Universitat de Valencia
  • Universitat de Vic
  • Universitat Jaume I
  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • Universitat Polit猫cnica de Catalunya
  • Universitat Polit猫cnica de Val猫ncia
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Universitat Ramon Llull
  • Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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Check the list of journals that are included in the agreement.

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FAQs

Who is considered the corresponding author?

The corresponding author is defined as the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process 鈥 from manuscript correction and proof reading, to handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts up to the acceptance of the manuscripts. 

The corresponding author has the authority to act on behalf of all co-authors in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript including supplementary material. They are also responsible for obtaining such agreements and for informing the co-authors of the manuscript鈥檚 status throughout the submission, review and publication process. 

In addition, the corresponding author acts as the point of contact for any enquiries after the paper is published.

How can I make sure my article is eligible?

There are three ways we can recognise your eligibility for open access publication through this agreement. 

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Upon acceptance of your article, you'll also be prompted to provide your institutional affiliation. If you are eligible, your institution will complete the approval process without causing any delays to the manuscript publication process.

How do I know if my article has been approved?

The approval manager at your institution will approve your article's eligibility based on your institutional affiliation, article type and journal name.

Once your article is approved by your institution, you will be notified by email and your article will proceed to publication.

What if I'm not covered by the agreement?

There are still plenty of ways to find funding for your article processing charge (APC). Visit our open access funding page to check whether your institution or research funder makes OA funding available.

How do I know if my article is eligible?

If your article has the structure of a standard article and contains original research, it should be eligible. This will be confirmed by your institution.

Which article types are covered by this agreement?

  • Original Paper: Standard article, usually presenting new results; articles published under this article type may also be referred to as Original Research, Original Article, Original Paper or Research Paper. 
  • Review Paper (starting 01 January 2023): Standard article, interpreting previously published results.

Please note the following article types are not covered by this agreement:

  1. Brief Communication: Short article submitted for rapid publication that exhibits the same structure as a standard article.
  2. Continuing Education: Article forming integral part of further education (usually medical).

Who can I contact for more information? 

Please email us at oa.verification@springernature.com if you need further assistance.

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