Elsevier's Open Access conditions

To benefit from the agreement, you as an author can make use of your rights to publish your research openly and freely available to all.

Once your research article has been accepted for publication, it is important that you choose your institutional affiliation with your corresponding email address so that you can publish under Elsevier's Open Access terms. The agreement covers articles submitted from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2024.

  • Use your institutional email as the corresponding author from an affiliated institution covered by the agreement.
  • Select Gold OA to publish your article with no publication fee.
  • Select a CC-BY license

On Elsevier's website you will find this instructional video on the Gold Open Access: Central Funding Agreement