Open Access Contracts


The University of Pécs has several Read & Publish contracts with international publishers, both through the Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) consortium and through individual agreements. These contracts allow university citizens to access the publisher's subscription content, such as journals (read), while also ensuring that our researchers and faculty can publish in the publisher's open access journals for free (publish).

The APC costs of open access articles by PTE authors are covered by the contract, under the conditions set out below. The open access agreements do not cover costs other than the article processing charge (APC).

The conditions of the grant are:

The University Library and Knowledge Centre will support Open Access articles for publication provided that the following conditions are met:

  • - The corresponding author of the publication must be an employee or a student of the University of Pécs (hereinafter: UP). The employee status is verified by the employee database.
  • - Corresponding authors must provide UP institutional affiliation when submitting their manuscript.
  • - The author submitting the application must have a UP institutional assignment in the Hungarian Science Bibliography (hereinafter MTMT).

Eligibility of authors for institutional support is checked by publishers using the following (automated) methods:

  • - identification of the institutional e-mail address (.pte.hu)
  • - identification of institutional affiliation
  • - institutional IP domain identification
  • - Ringgold ID

Important information:

Authors are only exempt from paying APCs, and do not cover other publication fees such as page charges, colour printing charges, submission fees, or other publication or editorial charges.

If an author chooses an article type or a journal from a contracted publisher that is not included in the contract, then as long as the article meets the UQA-UP Open Access Fund criteria, it is eligible for funding from the Fund.

If the quota set by a given publishing contract is exhausted, the articles for which the chosen journal and the article in question match the conditions of the UQA-UP Open Access Fund, are eligible for support from the Fund.

The data protection notice relating to the administration of Open Access grants can be found here: https://pea.lib.pte.hu/handle/pea/97932 

List of publishers under contract with PTE




Period covered

January 2024 - December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

         •         Affiliation - by name of institution

         •         Unique identification - based on the author's email address ending

Types of journals covered

hybrid and open access

Accepted article types

        •      Original research papers

        •      Review article

        •      Book review

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Authors Instructions and Manuscript Submission guides.

The publisher's AI guidelines

Information can be found on the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

List of journals is available on the publisher's website.

Identification of authors 

         •         Affiliation - by name of institution

         •         Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

         •         RingGold ID - paired with the affiliation you specify

Types of journals covered

hybrid and open access

Accepted article types

Original research papers

Optional licences

CC-BY

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

For a description of how to apply, see the EISZ consortium  page.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

         •         Affiliation - by name of institution

         •         Unique identification - based on the author's email address ending

         •         RingGold ID - paired with the affiliation you specify

Types of journals covered

Hybrid and Gold Open Access

Accepted article types

Download the list of accepted article types.

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Author's guide to publishing on the publisher's website. Author's guide to article submission on the publisher's website.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For details and the latest guidelines, please visit the BMJ's official page on AI usage guidelines.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

·         Affiliation - by name of institution

·         Unique identification - based on the author's email address ending

·         RingGold ID - paired with the affiliation you specify

Types of journals covered

Hybrid and Gold Open Access

Accepted article types

·         Research Article

·         Review

·         Case Report

·         Brief Report

·         Rapid Communications

Description of the different types of articles on the publisher's  website.

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-SA and CC-BY-NC-ND

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

For a description of how to apply, visit the publisher's website  (in English).
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, visit the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

·         Affiliation - by name of institution

·         Unique identification - based on the author's email address ending

Types of journals covered

hybrid

Accepted article types

·         Original Article, Original Research, Original Paper

·         Review Paper

·         Brief Communication

·         Continuing Education

·         Case Reports

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Application guide on the EISZ consortium page.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.




Dear Applicants,

Our contract with Elsevier has run out for 2026. If you would like to publish in the publisher’s journals, please contact our colleagues at oapublishing@lib.pte.hu.

Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Search amongst the journals on the publisher's website.

Identification of authors

·        Affiliation - by name of institution

·        Affiliation - to be selected from a list when submitting an article

Types of journals covered

Hybrid and Gold OA

Accepted article types

·        Case reports

·        Data in Briefs

·        Full-length articles

·        Micro-articles

·        Original software publication

·        Practice guidelines

·        Protocols

·        Review articles

·        Replication studies

·        Short communications

·        Short surveys

·        Video articles

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-ND

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Elsevier Journal Finder - journal selection help

Guides

Application guide on the EISZ consortium website (in English).

Application guide on the publisher's website (in English).
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.





Dear Applicants,

Our contract with Emerald has run out for 2026. If you would like to publish in the publisher’s journals, please contact our colleagues at oapublishing@lib.pte.hu.

Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

·        RingGold ID

·        Affiliation - by name of institution

·        Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

Types of journals covered

hybrid and gold open access

Accepted article types

Original research papers

Optional licences

CC-BY or another open access license mutually agreed upon by the corresponding author and the publisher

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Download the application form (in English).
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

Individual agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

·  RingGold ID

·  Affiliation - by name of institution

·   Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

Types of journals covered

hybrid and gold open access

Accepted article types

Original research papers

Optional licences

CC-BY-NC

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

The application procedure is described on the publisher's  website.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

 · RingGold ID

 · Affiliation - by name of institution

 · Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

Types of journals covered

hybrid and gold open access

Accepted article types

Original research papers

Optional licences

CC-BY

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Description of the application procedure on the EISZ consortium website
The publisher's AI guidelines

The publisher does not have publisher-level guidelines; recommendations for individual journals can be checked on a case-by-case basis.

List of journals: https://lww.com/pages/journals.aspx 




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of optional journals.

Identification of authors

Unique identifier – based on the ending of the author's email address

Types of journals covered

hybrid

Accepted article types

·        Research Article

·        Review Article

·        Case Report

·        Brief Report

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-NC-ND

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Description of the application process
The publisher's AI guidelines

For details and the latest guidelines, please visit theofficial OUP website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of optional journals.

Identification of authors

·         Affiliation - by name of institution

·         Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

·         Ringgold ID

Types of journals covered

hybrid

Accepted article types

·         Original Research Papers

·         Review Papers

·         Brief Communications

·         Short Reports

·         Case Reports

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-NC-ND

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Watch a video on how to apply.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information and detailed guidance, visit Sage's official AI policy page.




Dear Applicants,

Our contract with Springer Nature has been exhausted for Fully Open Access (Gold) journals. If you wish to publish in one of the publisher’s Gold Open Access journals, please contact our colleagues at oapublishing@lib.pte.hu.

Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of optional hybrid journals.

Download a list of optional open access journals.

Identification of authors

  ·  Affiliation - by name of institution

  ·  Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

  ·  IP address

Types of journals covered

hybrid and open access

Accepted article types

  · Original Article, Original Research, Original Paper and Research Paper

  · Review Article

  · Brief Communication

  · Continuing Education

Optional licences

CC-BY or CC-BY-NC

Publisher information

Information available on the publisher's website.

Guides

A description of the process for publishing in hybrid journals is available on the EISZ consortium’s website.  

A description of the process of publishing in open access journals is available on the EISZ consortium website.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, visit the publisher's website.




Dear Applicants,

Our contract with Taylor & Francis has run out for 2026. If you would like to publish in the publisher’s journals, please contact our colleagues at oapublishing@lib.pte.hu.

Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of journals.

Identification of authors

  ·  Affiliation - by name of institution

  · Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address

  ·  Ringgold ID

Types of journals covered

hybrid

Accepted article types

 · Original Papers

 · Review Papers

Optional licences

CC-BY

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

Download the publication guide.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information, please visit the publisher's website.




Period covered

January 2026 – December 2026

Type of agreement

EISZ consortium agreement

List of journals covered

Download the list of hybrid journals.

Download a list of gold open access journals.

Identification of authors

 · Affiliation - by name of institution

 ·  Unique identification - based on the ending of the author's email address.

 · IP address

Types of journals covered

hybrid and open access

Accepted article types

 · Case Study

 · Commentary

 · Data Article

 · Education

 · Lecture

 · Method and Protocol

 · Perspective

 · Practice and Policy

 · Rapid Publication

 · Research Article

 · Review Article

 · Short Communication

 · Technical note

Optional licences

CC-BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND

Publisher information

Information is available on the publisher's website.

Guides

A guide to publishing in hybrid journals is available on the publisher's leaflet.

A guide to publishing in fully open access journals is available on the publisher's leaflet.
The publisher's AI guidelines

For information and detailed guidance, visit Wiley's official AI policy page.