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Free publication of 5 Open Access articles (hereinafter “OA”) for corresponding authors from institutions that are members of the CzechELib consortium:

  • 3rd Medical Faculty
  • Medical faculty in Hradec Králové
  • Medical faculty in Pilsen
  • Masaryk University
  • Palacky University Olomouc

Number of available tokens: 4 (updated on 4. 3. 2026)

Eligible journals: hybrid titles

Publication types: research papers, review

Contract duration: 1. 1. 2026 - 31. 12. 2028 (5 tokens available for the entire period)

How does an author publish an Open Access article?

  1. The corresponding author must provide the correct name of the participating institution and its institutional email address in the journal’s submission system.
  2. Authors of accepted peer reviewed articles in subscription journals have the choice to publish their work as OA. During the revision process authors will be prompted to indicate if they would like to choose an open access license for their article..
  3. Wolters Kluwer’s License to Publish (LTP) form must be completed, in full, by the corresponding author on behalf of all the authors before an article can be made OA. All articles published in hybrid journals will be published under the CC BY-NC-ND license, unless the funding source requires a different license type.
  4. Upon acceptance, the corresponding author will be asked to place an OA order in the publisher’s payment portal where they will be able to request the APC be funded in accordance with the agreement. A $0.00 APC will then be applied.
  5. The institution will approve this request in the RightsLink system.