In 2026, the University of Debrecen signed Read&Publish agreements with several academic publishers, including AKJournals, BMJ, Cambridge University Press, DeGruyter, Elsevier, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Oxford University Press, Sage, Springer Nature and Wiley through the National Electronic Information Service Programme (Elektronikus Információszolgáltatás Nemzeti Program, EISZ – in Hungarian) national consortium.
What is a Read&Publish agreement?
A Read Publish agreement, also known as a transformative agreement, is a way for institutions to maintain access to scholarly content available only through subscription while supporting the transition to Open Access publishing by their affiliated researchers. Institutions are, in effect, redirecting their expenditures on subscriptions to cover the Open Access article processing charges.
Within the framework of Read&Publish agreements, the University of Debrecen agreed to cover 100% of the article processing charges (APC) for authors with an affiliation to the University of Debrecen. The articles will be published as Open Access under the Creative Commons license chosen by the author.
The University of Debrecen will support the publication of articles published in Open Access only if the following conditions are met:
- The corresponding author must mention the University of Debrecen as their institutional affiliation while submitting the manuscript.
- Eligible authors will be identified by their university email address (unideb.hu).
- The journal that the author has selected must be included in the list of supported journals. (Details can be found in the individual publisher descriptions.)
- The journal must accept the articles for publication during the active period of the contract (funded period).
The publisher will identify eligible authors based on:
- the university affiliation (University of Debrecen) or author's email address ending (unideb.hu),
- the IP domain used when uploading the manuscript,
- unique identifiers provided such as Ringgold ID or/and GRID.
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Please take note of the following important information Publishers may ask authors to pay publication fees. If you do not receive confirmation within 2 working days that payment has been made by your institution, please contact the library at openaire@lib.unideb.hu Please be aware that contracts only exempt authors from paying APCs. Other publication charges such as page charges, color printing fees, submission fees, or other publication or editorial charges are not covered by the agreement. If you have any questions about the agreements, please feel free to contact us at openaire@lib.unideb.hu We will be happy to assist you. |
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Please take note of the following important information Most of the agreements only cover a limited number of articles per year. As the end of the year approaches, some agreements run out of quota to support papers. In these cases authors have to cover the article processing charges (APC). In case of articles being published in Fully Gold Open Access journals, you may request APC support at https://lib.unideb.hu/en/open-access-support . |
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Please take note of the following change: The corresponding author is defined as the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process – from manuscript correction and proof reading, to handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts up to the acceptance of the manuscripts.In case of shared corresponding authorship, only the above defined corresponding author is eligible for support, effective from 2026. |
Akadémiai Kiadó
Type of journals supported: hybrid and gold OA journals
Number of articles supported: unlimited
Types of articles supported:
- Research Article
- Review
Agreement duration: 1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026
Journal list and details on the publisher's website
To apply for the grant, a declaration to the journal must be attached at the time of submission of the article, available at the following link: Open Access Declaration
BMJ
Type of journals supported: hybrid (BMJ Premier Collection) and gold OA journals
Number of articles supported: unlimited
Types of articles supported:
- Original Research Article
Agreement duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Journal list and details on the publisher's website
Cambridge University Press
Type of journals supported: hybrid and gold OA journals
Number of articles supported: unlimited
Types of articles supported:
- Research Article
- Review
- Case Report
- Brief Report
- Rapid Communication
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Journal list and details on the publisher's website
DeGruyter
Type of journals supported: hybrid and gold OA journals
Only publications published in STM Package journals are eligible for University of Debrecen researchers.
Number of articles supported: in 2026, unlimited number of articles can be exempted from paying APCs.
Types of articles supported:
- Original Article
- Original Research
- Original Paper
- Continuing Education
- Case Report
- Brief communication
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Details on the publisher's website
Elsevier
Type of journals supported: hybrid and gold OA journals
Number of articles supported: in 2026, 43 subscribing institutions per consortium will be exempted from paying APCs up to a maximum of 1,000 articles per consortium.
Types of articles supported:
- Case Report
- Data in Brief
- Full-length Article
- Micro-article
- Original Software Publication
- Practice Guideline
- Protocol
- Review Article
- Replication Study
- Short Communication
- Short Survey
- Video Article
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Details on the publisher's website
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Type of journals supported: The agreement only applies to journals included in the publisher's subscription.
Number of articles supported: in 2026, the 4 subscribing institutions will be exempt from paying APCs up to a maximum of 18 articles per consortium.
Types of articles supported: scientific articles
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.
Details on the publisher's website
Oxford University Press
Type of journal supported: hybrid journals
Number of articles supported: unlimited
Types of articles supported:
- Research Article
- Review Article
- Brief Report
- Case Report
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.
Details on the publisher's website
Sage
Type of journals supported: hybrid journals
University of Debrecen researchers can only apply for 100% APC support in STM Package journals.
Number of articles supported: unlimited
Types of articles supported:
- Original Research Paper
- Review Paper
- Brief Communication
- Short Report
- Case Report
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Details on the publisher's website
Springer Nature
Type of journal supported: Eligible journals are available for both Springer Nature Open Choice (hybrid) and Fully Gold (open access)* journals.
Number of articles supported: in 2026, the 44 subscribing institutions in the consortium will be exempt from paying APCs until the publication of 630 hybrid and 540 fully gold open access articles.
Types of articles supported:
- Original Paper
- Review Paper
- Brief Communication
- Continuing Education
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.
*The quota included in the support for fully gold open access journals was exhausted on August 31. Support is still available for hybrid journals.
List of eligible journals and details on the publisher's website
Wiley
Type of journals supported: hybrid and gold OA journals
Number of articles supported: in 2026, the 16 subscribing institutions in a consortium will be exempted from paying APCs up to a maximum of 292 articles.
Types of articles supported:
- Case Study
- Commentary
- Data Article
- Education
- Lecture
- Method and Protocol Perspective
- Practice and Policy
- Rapid Publication
- Research Article
- Review Article
- Short Communication
- Technical Note
Duration of the agreement: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026
Guide to fully open access journals
Guidelines for hybrid journals
Details on the publisher's website
Trial Access: Bentham Science
Supported journals: full journal portfolio
Number of supported articles: unlimited
Type of supported articles: all types
Duration of the trial agreement: April 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026
As part of a trial access, the journals of Bentham Science Publishers have become available. During the trial period, our institution is granted full access to the full-text content of Bentham Science journals covering the years 2000–2026. Access is provided via the following link: https://www.eurekaselect.com
An additional benefit of the trial access is that institutional users may publish Open Access articles in Bentham Science journals during the trial period without paying an Open Access publication fee (APC). The support applies to manuscripts submitted during the trial access period, provided that the corresponding author is affiliated with the University of Debrecen.