University of Helsinki partnership

The University of Helsinki - Helsingin Yliopisto - has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.

This means the University of Helsinki will cover article publishing charges for corresponding authors affiliated with the university, including HU Central Hospital, in any of the Frontiers journals.

Discover how we publish at Frontiers. If you’re ready to publish, check out our author guidelines for everything you need to know about the submission process, from choosing a journal to preparing your manuscript.  

The power of open access

As one of the world's leading open access publishers, we believe in the transformative power of open science. Articles published with us are free and permanently accessible worldwide - so anyone can benefit from the discoveries, not just a selection of researchers.

• Your article will be freely and permanently available immediately after publication, ensuring maximum reach, impact, and visibility.

• More scientists can read the results of your research, including the wider public unable to access the information because they lack a subscription.

• Open access improves the quality of your research through open, transparent, and reproducible practices made available to a global audience. 

Are you a researcher at the University of Helsinki?:

As a leading open access publisher, Frontiers works with research institutions, libraries, consortia and funders to improve support for researchers publishing open access. We work to: 

• reduce administrative time for authors and institutions by centralizing communications and streamlining submission and payment workflows. 

• release authors from some/all responsibility for article publishing charges (APCs) - contact your institution or librarian for full details. 

• simplify the submissions process to ensure authors are able to submit their work quickly and easily with step-by-step support.

Are you eligible?

To be eligible under the partnership you need to ensure: 

• the Frontiers journals to which you are submitting are JUFO Classification 1, 2, or 3.

• an affiliated University of Helsinki author is the corresponding author.

• the corresponding author uses their @helsinki.fi email address.

• only A-type articles are covered (Clinical Trial, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Original Research, Policy and Practice Reviews, Review, Systematic Review, Study Protocol, Technology and Code, Registered Report).

For more information, contact hulib-apc@helsinki.fi.

Not an affiliated University of Helsinki author?

We collaborate with over 700 institutions across the world. If you want to join them, tell your librarian about Frontiers institutional plans - just submit our recommendation form.

To learn more about our institutional plans, visit our institutional partnerships page.