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Freedom Collection and OA option
Access to the Freedom Collection journals and option of OA publishing for University corresponding authors in hybrid journals available on Sciencedirect platform.

For the 2025–2027 three-year period:

• Gold Open Access journals are not included, except titles flipped from hybrid to Gold OA; please refer always  to published lists;
• Vouchers are unlimited;
• Throughout the entire three-year period, it is possible to convert your article to an Open Access version if it is published in a hybrid journal.

To change the publication model of your article from subscription to open access under the agreement, please follow the below steps:

1. Click on the link of your publication in order to arrive to post-acceptance author journey platform;
2. Click on the “Make changes and re-submit” link under the Rights and Access section;
3. Add your affiliation and research funder details;
4. In the publishing options page (Step 4) where you see the CRUI agreement, change your selection from Subscription to Open Access;
5. Choose the CC-BY license and your copyrights;
6. Once you get to the confirmation page (step 9), click on the ‘Finish’ button to complete the journey.

Eligible articles:

• Original Paper
• Review Paper
• Case Report
• Short Communication (starting from 2025)

Articles will be published under a Creative Commons CC-BY license, or a CC-BY-NC license. Under this publishing model corresponding author maintains copyright.

Cell Press collection
Access to the subscribed ejournals and option of OA publishing for University corresponding authors in the same hybrid journals available on Sciencedirect platform under license CC-BY e CC-BY-ND.

Green Open Access

After acceptance of the publication, authors can self-archive their articles on their personal website and into AIR with an embargo period of 12 months, even for the journals with longer than 12 months embargo.
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

After peer-review process and publishing acceptance of the article, corresponding author will be intitled to select the University as his/her institution of affiliation before taking the Open Access option. Finally affiliation will be validated by the Appoval Manager of the Digital Library Office.

Please check the journals' editorial policy for any additional costs foreseen for services that are not included in the cost of the open access APC (e.g. submission fees, color images and/or extra pages). These costs are not included in the contract as they are due regardless of the articles' publishing version, be it OA or closed.

Some journals require a submission fee that is not covered by the contract. Regarding this, on the publisher's website (under the heading Submission fees. Elsevier), it is stated as follow:

''Along with many other journals in the wider community, around 45 of the economics, finance, and accounting journals published by Elsevier levy submission fees. If a journal charges submission fees, this is clearly flagged in the journal's guide for authors and during the submission process. We encourage authors to pay attention during the submission process.''