Open access publishing with covered fees in Springer journals through Big Ten Academic Alliance

The BTAA has signed an Open Publishing Agreement with Springer Nature. Please visit the links below for additional information. 

If you are a corresponding author* affiliated with a participating institution within the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), the agreement reached means you can publish your article open access (OA) with fees covered. More than 30 institutions are participating in the transformative agreement between Springer Nature and the BTAA, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with participating institutions are eligible to publish their articles open access with fees covered in hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio.  

The Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Open Publishing Agreement (OPA) between participating members of the Alliance and Springer Naturecommenced on January 1, 2025 and ends on December 31, 2026. Springer’s web page on the Alliance’s agreement has detailed information on the agreement. This OPA provides two services: uncapped open access publishing in all Springer Hybrid journals at no additional cost to authors and multi-year reading rights to the full Springer Hybrid portfolio. All participating institutions will benefit from reduced annual cost increases in subscription years 2025 and 2026. Perpetual rights are provided to all volumes published during the agreement term; shallow back-file access is also guaranteed in line with the specific terms of each journal. 

*Acting as main contact for Springer Nature correspondence after editorial acceptance.