Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL)

OUP and a number of CSAL affiliated institutions have agreed a Read and Publish deal for 2023 and 2024. Eligible authors from participating institutions in Switzerland can request use of this account to pay the Open Access charge when arranging payment in OUP’s online licensing and payment system.

How do I know if I am eligible?

To be eligible to publish Open Access and use funding from participating CSAL institutions you must be:

• The corresponding author of the article

• Affiliated to one of the CSAL affiliated Institutions listed here. You must indicate this as your primary affiliation when submitting the article in order to be recognized as eligible

• Publishing a research, or review article

• Publishing in an hybrid eligible journal listed here

• Eligible authors publishing in participating fully OA journals will receive a 10% discount on their APC. This is exclusive of any other discount. Where other discounts are applicable, the highest discount will be applied.

• If you are publishing your article in a Supplement, then you are not eligible to use Read and Publish funds to cover the open access charge.

• If you have any concerns about whether you are eligible for this Read and Publish agreement (e.g. if you have emeritus or visiting professor status), please contact your institution to confirm.

OUP will verify your eligibility before paying your Open Access charge.

I’m an eligible author, what do I need to do?

To request use of Open Access funds from Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL) please follow the steps outlined in this step-by-step guide.

Participating Institutions in 2024

• Universität Basel

• Universität Bern (incl. PH Bern)

• Université de Fribourg

• Université de Genève

• Université de Lausanne (incl. HEP Vaud)

• Università della Svizzera italiana

• Universität Luzern (incl. PH LU/SZ/ZG)

• Université de Neuchâtel

• Universität St. Gallen

• Universität Zürich

• EPF Lausanne

• ETH Zürich

• Lib4RI

         Eawag – Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology 

         Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology 

         PSI – Paul Scherrer Institute 

         WSL – Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research 

• Agroscope

• The Graduate Institute (IHEID)