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Free and unlimited publishing of Open Access articles (hereinafter “OA”) for corresponding authors from institutions that are members of the CzechELib consortium:

Emerald Engineering eJournal Collection

  • Brno University of Technology
  • University of West Bohemia

Emerald Engineering, Computing and Technology

  • Technical University of Liberec

Emerald Information & Knowledge Management

  • ŠKODA AUTO University

Emerald Library Studies eJournal Collection

  • Masaryk University
  • Moravian Library in Brno

Emerald Managements eJournals

  • Brno University of Technology
  • Prague University of Economics and Business

Emerald Operations, Logistics & Quality eJournal Collection

  • ŠKODA AUTO University

Emerald Premier

  • Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences
  • National Library of Technology
  • Tomas Bata University in Zlín

You can also check the eligibility of your institution at Emerald


Eligible journals: fully OA titles and hybrid titles in the subscription collectionsof the individual institutions. This means that the journal in which you want to publish must be part of a collection to which your institution subscribes. List of titles in collection - here you can check whether the journal in which you want to publish is part of a collection to which your institution subscribes.

Publication type: research, review, brief report, case report a rapid communications article

Contract duration: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2025

How does an author publish an Open Access article?

  1. Paper preparation
    • select a journal at Emerald Publishing (can be filtered by field) and then click on Submit your paper


  2. Paper submission
    • og in using your login and password or your ORCID iD to ScholarOne Emerald Publishing:

    • Step 4 - Authors and institutions - please use an institutional e-mail address, sthe system will automatically recognise your eligibility for free publication
    • Step 6 - Details and comments - confirm your interest in publishing in the OA mode by clicking on: “Yes, I want to publish my article as Open Access”

  3. Review procedure
    • your paper will undergo a review procedure
  4. Publication decision
    • your paper has been accepted for publication, you will receive an Acceptance letter within 30 days, and you should also receive a link to the CC-BY 4.0licence, fill it in, sign it and send it back according to the instructions
  5. Payment for publishing
    • no action is required from the author - the eligibility for free publication is automatically confirmed based on the affiliation of the corresponding author
  6. Publishing an article