Please check the following before sending in your article to be published:
”Corresponding author” must be employed at KTH. (The author who are sending in the manuscript and are handling all the correspondence during the publication process)
This offer does not include other costs e.g. "page charges”, "colour charges” or "charges for supplementary materials”, not related to open access.
The affiliation of all KTH authors (the institute that you belong to) must be clearly stated in the article and in the publisher’s system.
The author have to use the KTH e-mail adress that ends with @kth.se. This will ensure the identification of KTH authors and eligible articles.
Check if there is a pre-paid agreement, and follow the instructions listed under the publishers name, so that your article is registered correctly.
For publications not included in the prepaid agreements see information at the bottom of the page.
Before submitting your article to a journal, make sure that the publisher is serious.
Read more about dubious publishers
. The library will not cover any costs for APCs in dubious or unserious journals.
If you have any questions about the quality of a journal or have other questions about publishing do not hesitate to ask us at
biblioteket@kth.se
Pre-paid open access agreements
Agreement period: 1 Jan 2020 — 31 Dec 2023 (submitted articles within the period)
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Journals included: All journals except Reviews of Modern Physics.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se. Please note that only articles submitted after January 1 2020 will be included in this agreement.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
The agreement KTH has with IEEE includes 50 prepaid Open Access articles in all IEEE:s Journals. Please enter this id for KTH when in contact with IEEE in connection with your publication: Ringgold ID 7655 (RIN 7655).
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
The agreement includes reading rights and publications for KTH affiliated authors.
Journals included: Advanced Engineering Forum, Advanced Materials Research, Advances in Science and Technology, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Diffusion Foundations, International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa, Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Journal of Metastable and Nanocrystalline Materials, Journal of Nano Research, Key Engineering Materials, Materials Science Forum, Nano Hybrids and Composites, Solid State Phenomena
Author instructions: It's important that you who are sending in the manuscript to the publisher is the corresponding author and that you are employed at KTH. Use your KTH e-mail adress that ends with kth.se.
For publications not included in the national prepaid agreements and KTH:s agreements with publishers:
Send an e-mail to
biblioteket@kth.se
with information about the article/journal. Please note that the corresponding author must have an employment at KTH.
Before submitting your article to a journal, make sure that the publisher is serious.
Read more about dubious publishers The library will not cover any costs for APC:s in dubious or unserious journals.
*) A hybrid journal is partially funded by subscriptions but individual articles can be made open access, usually when a publication fee (article processing charge or APC) is paid.
**) A pure or gold open access journal is a journal where all articles are freely available for all, no subscription is needed. Usually you need to pay a publication fee (article processing charge or APC) to publish in a pure open access journal.
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