Institutional publishing agreements
eLife’s institutional publishing agreements contribute towards a sustainable and equitable open access publishing ecosystem.
About eLife
eLife is a non-profit organisation committed to improving peer review and scientific publishing.
Using the publish-review-curate (PRC) approach, we are reforming research assessment, improving research culture, and developing open technologies to support our mission.
Uncapped publishing scheme
Our uncapped scheme is a two-year agreement whereby institutions or funders pay a pre-set fixed fee to allow their authors and those affiliated with their child organisations (as defined by the Research Organisation Registry) to publish an unlimited number of articles.
Authors can publish in eLife without author-facing charges, if affiliated with the organisation participating in the publishing agreement or one of its child organisations (as defined by the Research Organisation Registry).
Benefits for participating organisations
Contribute towards equitable and sustainable publishing. No individual author fee or financial barrier for authors wanting to publish in eLife.
Payment process simplified: bypassed by authors and streamlined for participating organisations.
Protection against eventual increase in publishing costs - allows for more predictable budgeting.
Centralised publishing scheme
The centralised scheme is a one-year agreement whereby the participating organisation covers the costs of the number of articles published in eLife by its authors.
Authors can publish in eLife without author-facing charges, if affiliated with the organisation participating in the publishing scheme.
Benefits for participating organisations
Contribute towards equitable and sustainable publishing. No individual author fee or financial barrier for authors wanting to publish in eLife.
Payment process simplified: bypassed by authors and streamlined for participating organisations.
To check if you're eligible to publish through an existing publishing agreement or if you'd like more information, please get in touch.
Main features
Uncapped scheme | Centralised scheme | |
Agreement length | Two years | One year |
Publishing model | eLife Model: Reviewed Preprints and Version of Record | eLife Model: Reviewed Preprints and Version of Record |
Eligibility | Articles on which corresponding authors are affiliated with the participating organisation or one of its child organisations (as defined by the Research Organisation Registry) | Articles on which corresponding authors are affiliated with the participating organisation |
Coverage | Covers unlimited publications | Covers number of published articles |
Fee structure | Paid at the start of each year (fee is preset for both years) | Paid in instalments |
Testimonials
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Through our Comprehensive Content Strategy, the University of Sheffield is committed to the equitable transformation of scholarly communications by investing in alternative approaches to the dissemination of research. The eLife Model represents such an approach offering a direct and practical solution for our researchers to try its innovative route to publication.
Peter Barr, University of Sheffield -
We want to be able to support a variety of publishing models to better enable access to research, and create more equitable paths to publishing for all authors. This agreement means our authors can be part of eLife’s publishing programme at no additional cost to them, and that we welcome different routes for the communication of research.
Ruth Harrison, Imperial College London -
HHMI's institutional publishing agreement with eLife simplifies open access publishing for our scientists. These agreements represent an important step forward in creating community-driven models for scientific publishing.
Michele Avissar-Whiting, HHMI -
Through our Centralised institutional publishing agreement with eLife, Swedish researchers can publish openly without individual charges, supporting a more equitable and sustainable open access publishing ecosystem.
Erik Stattin, Head of the Unit for Research Collaboration at the National Library of Sweden
