You can see the available Open Access publishing options offered by HEAL-Link. You can, for example, see which publishers participate in the HEAL-Link programs and in what way, or see the journals of the publishers by discipline. Some information is in Greek only.
Important notice: Before submitting, please find out what applies from January 1, 2022 until the conclusion of the new agreements for the three-year period 2022-2024 (news in Greek).
Options by publisher

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage..

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage..

You can publish in one of the High Energy Physics journals Physical Review C, Physical Review D and Physical Review Letters, which participate in the SCOAP3 program, if you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution. The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic, and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage..

You can publish in OA in a Cambridge University Press journal at no cost through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme. You can publish research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, and rapid communication, in all Gold and Hybrid journals.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc. or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

You can publish in OA in a De Gruyter journal at no cost through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme for a limited number of publications. You can publish all types of articles in the publisher’s hybrid journals.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc. or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

Currently, two options are provided by the publisher:
- You can publish free of charge in the High Energy Physics journals Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B that participate in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution.
- You can publish at a 20% discount in the journals of the entire gold and hybrid OA journals journal collection except for Cell Press and Lancet. Article types covered are Case reports, Data, Full-length articles, Micro articles, Original software publications, Practice Guidelines, Protocol, Review articles, Replication Studies, Short communication, Short survey, and Video Articles.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc. or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.
– The licenses applied are CC-BY and CC-BY-NC-ND.
Self-archiving (Green OA policy)
Preprints may be posted online at any time in institutional repositories, but some society-owned journals may have different preprint policies. Please check the “Guide for Authors” section of every journal for further information. Additionally, you may visit the publisher’s related webpage.

You can publish at a 10% discount in all Gold and Hybrid journals of the publisher, full-content papers, i.e. a publication that includes a structured abstract, and keywords and has passed the peer-reviewed process, such as research articles.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc. or HEAL-Link as my consortium.

You can publish free of charge in the journal Advances in High Energy Physics (AHEP) that participates in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution. The detailed list of SEAB members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

You can publish in OA in a De Gruyter journal at no cost through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme for a limited number of publications. Additional charges can’t be covered by HEAL-Link ( extra pages, etc.)
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc. or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

You can publish for free in 76 Gold and Hybrid journals, as well as in the High Energy Physics journal Chinese Physics C (CPC), which participates in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution. The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.
– Type of license: CC BY
– Guidelines for authors: You may find material regarding the author workflow here.
– Self-archiving (Green OA policy): Authors publishing in IOP Publishing (IOP) journals may share and reuse their articles in several ways. Any article published under the deal with a Creative Commons CC BY license can be posted to institutional and subject repositories immediately, in accordance with the terms of that CC BY license. For full details, please refer to the preprint policy. The policy applies to all articles submitted to or published by IOP, whether on a subscription or gold open-access basis. For more information, you may visit the publisher’s webpage.

You can publish free of charge in the High Energy Physics journal Acta Physica Polonica B (APPB) which participates in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution. The detailed list of SEAB members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic, and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage..

You can publish in OA status, free of charge, in all Open Library of Humanities journals, as long as you belong to a SEAB member institution. The detailed list of SEAB members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

Currently, two options are provided by the publisher:
- You can publish free of charge in the High Energy Physics journal Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP), which participates in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution.
- You can publish in OA in an Oxford University Press journal at no cost to you through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme for a limited number of publications. You can publish any type of article, in all hybrid journals.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc., or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member-institution at the EESC and if the publication work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage.

You can publish in OA in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal, free of charge, through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme, for a limited number of publications. You can publish any type of article, in all hybrid journals.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2021 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc., or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage..

You can publish in OA in a De Gruyter journal at no cost through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme for a limited number of publications. Additionally, you can publish free of charge in the High Energy Physics journals The European Physical Journal C (EPJC) and The Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) that participates in the SCOAP3 program, as long as you belong to a HEAL-Link member institution. The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member-institution at the EESC and if the publication work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.

There is currently no agreement with the publisher to publish in OA status that is partially supported or fully covered by HEAL-Link.
You can search for alternative publishing options in OA with other publishers with whom SEAB has an agreement on this webpage.

You can publish in OA in a De Gruyter journal at no cost through the HEAL-Link waiver scheme for a limited number of publications, to all Hybrid Journals. The eligible article types are: Case study, Commentary, Data article, Education, Lecture, Method and Protocol, Perspective, Practice and Policy, Rapid publication, Research article, Review article, Short communication, and Technical note.
Eligible journals
Find all eligible journals for 2022 here.
What should I know?
(a) Am I the corresponding author?
(b) Do I belong to a HEAL-Link member institution? The detailed list of HEAL-Link members can be found here.
(c) If the above applies, I submit my work for publication with the institutional e-mail address, and when submitting I select and/or declare either my institution (affiliation), e.g. University of Patras, National Observatory of Athens, etc., or HEAL-Link as my consortium.
Beneficiaries
1. Emeritus professors: eligible but strictly using the institutional email address.
2. Honorary professors: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
3. Current Faculty Members: eligible under conditions and strictly using the institutional email address.
4. Graduates: eligible for one (1) year after the date of their announcement.
5. Academic scholars and fixed-term researchers: eligible for the duration of their employment contract plus six (6) months after the end of the contract.
6. Scientific collaborators: they have the right upon presentation of a certificate of cooperation with the respective Department, Clinic and/or Laboratory of a HEAL-Link member institution at the EESC, and if the published work is the result of research carried out at the specific HEAL-Link member-institution.
7. Authors and/or researchers of HEAL-Link collaborating members: only if the institution is included in the agreement that HEAL-Link has with the publisher in question.
Recognition
Authors are advised to use the standard sentence “The publication of the article in OA mode was financially supported by HEAL-Link” in the Acknowledgment section to recognize the HEAl-Link contribution to the publication.
Notes
– In cases where an author/researcher does not respond to messages repeatedly sent to her/him by HEAL-Link (e-mail and telephone updates where possible), it will be considered that she/he is not interested and the request will be rejected:
— for a waiver of publication costs after seven (7) days from the date of sending the first message
— for a discount on publication costs after 15 days from the date of sending the first message
– The date the article was accepted by the publisher (date accepted) will be taken into account in cases where confirmation and/or certification of the main author’s information is needed in relation to her/his institution (affiliation) and her/his publication.
Options by discipline
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Open Library of Humanities with waiver.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Open Library of Humanities με πλήρη απαλλαγή
- In journals of Oxford University Press με πλήρη απαλλαγή
- In journals of Wiley με έκπτωση
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Royal Society of Chemistry with waiver.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier με έκπτωση και για τα περιοδικά Nuclear Physics B και Physics Letters Bfree of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Royal Society of Chemistry with waiver.
- In journals of American Physical Society (APS)free of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Hindawifree of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Institute of Physics (IOP)free of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Jagiellonian Universityfree of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Springer Naturefree of charge for the author through SCOAP3.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Royal Society of Chemistry with waiver.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.
- In journals of Cambridge University Press with waiver.
- In journals of DeGruyter with waiver.
- In journals of Elsevier with discount.
- In journals of Emerald with discount.
- In journals of IEEE with discount.
- In journals of Oxford University Press with waiver.
- In journals of Royal Society of Chemistry with waiver.
- In journals of Wiley with discount.