Rules relating to Open Access

Articles in scientific journals

The Gold Road of Open Access publishing consists in the publication of scientific articles resulting from an SNSF grant in an OA journal. The “Directory of Open Access Journals”, DOAJ, gives an overview of quality, peer-reviewed OA journals. The SNSF supports researchers in making their articles freely available via the Gold Road. A grant for covering the publication charges (APC) can be applied for via the OA platform.

OA publishing along the Green Road consists in the self-archiving of scientific articles resulting from an SNSF grant in an institutional or disciplinary repository no later than six months after its publication by a publisher.

Please note that the SNSF does not support the “hybrid” publication model because researchers who publish in a subscription journal have to pay an additional APC to release their publication for Open Access. The SNSF does not cover this type of publication cost because access to the scientific results is paid for twice (“double dipping”). However, the SNSF’s Open Access requirement is met by adopting this approach.