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The agreement offers the possibility of open access publication by authors affiliated with the University of Milan (Unimi) in the hybrid journals of the Springer catalogue, including Academic journals Nature branded, as well as Nature and Nature Research journals on the Nature platform.
The journals that, during the term of the agreement, move from the hybrid model to the fully gold open access model are not excluded from the possibility of open access publication at no additional cost to authors, but remain eligible titles.

Green Open Access

Upon acceptance of the publication, authors can self-archive their AAM on their personal website and into AIR with an embargo period of 12 months, with the following mention: 'Version following the peer review process, pending the review of the article as published in [enter journal title]. The authenticated final version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/ [enter DOI]

These guidelines do not apply to articles published in Open Choice Journals with an Open Access license. They are immediately available Open Access.

OA publications management

University corresponding authors can publish their papers Open Access provided they are original papers and review papers, as required by the agreement.

Original paper – a standard article, usually presenting new findings; it may also be referred to as original research, original article or research paper.

Review paper – a standard article with an interpretation of previously published findings.

The papers are mostly published with a Creative Commons CC-BY license, or a CC-BY-NC license for a small number of journals (link to the list). Under this publishing model the author maintains copyright.

Upon completion of the peer-review process and acceptance of the article by the journal, corresponding author will select the University as his/her institution of affiliation before taking the Open Access option. Please find the Author Journey