Open Access Publishing Programs
Open Access publishing programs enable free publication of articles in scientific journals under Open Access principles. Publishing in this model may involve an additional charge, known as an Article Processing Charge (APC), which the scientific publisher charges to the author. The costs associated with publication can be covered by the university, from a grant or project, or subsidized under various agreements and programs.
Researchers at Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa have the opportunity to publish their articles in selected scientific journals under the Open Access (OA) model thanks to a national license managed by the Virtual Science Library and through a consortium.
Programs under the national license 2025:
Elsevier - The limit of 1,084 articles for 2025 has already been reached (the programme has been closed)
Springer - The limit of 1,518 articles for 2025 has already been reached (the programme has been closed)
Science Advances (an extension of the Science national license)
Scoap3 (International Program - Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics)
Programs under the consortium license 2025:
T&F - The limit of 137 articles for 2025 has already been reached (the programme has been closed)
We are currently awaiting the resumption of these programmes following the award of funding for 2026 by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
Open access publishing programmes, according to information on the WBN website (last updated 13 January 2026):
- Elsevier under the national licence – resumption will take place by May 2026 at the latest;
- Springer under the national licence – resumption will take place by April 2026 at the latest;
- Science Advances under a national licence – will continue uninterrupted in 2026 with a new allocation of 10 articles. The programme may be suspended if the Ministry of Science and Higher Education does not grant funding for the licence in the first quarter of 2026;
- Scoap3 – continues on a continuous basis with no restrictions on the number of articles;
- Taylor & Francis (T&F) under a consortium licence – will be launched once the Ministry of Science and Higher Education has granted funding for 2026 and the current agreement has been amended (the National Science Centre has not provided an approximate date).
Please note that only articles accepted for publication after the programmes have been launched will be eligible for inclusion in the programmes.
Full details (e.g. lists of journals) and updates regarding the OA programmes are available at: https://wbn.icm.edu.pl/publikowanie-otwarte
Date added: 09 April 2026