We just received the information that the Nature Branded quota is almost reached.
There are 10 articles left as of 2nd of May 2024.
What does it mean for you ?
If you submitted an article a few months ago and are about to finish the reviewing process/you just finished it
If the validation of the article comes BEFORE 18th May, you might benefit from a financial support. Nature will notify you if the quota is reached before you have to choose your license. If not, you can proceed with the Open Access path, choose the CC BY licence and publish at no cost.
If you receive a message about the quota reached , then choose to publish by the green road (article under subscription and sharing the author accepted manuscript after embargo in Serval).
If you submitted recently and the review process is in the beginning >
With or without message from Nature Branded, do not choose the Open Access way (so called Gold publication by the publisher). Choose the green road with a published article under subscription and sharing the author accepted manuscript after embargo in Serval.
If you are about to submit an article or you just did it > Do not choose the Open Access way (Called Gold publication by the publisher).
Choose the green road with a published article under subscription and sharing the author accepted manuscript after embargo in Serval.
Cancellation of the Open Access licence after validation of the article is not accepted. Nature Branded Hybrid Journals APCs cost at least 9’000 eur. If you choose to publish in Open Access (again, this is not Gold publication even if they call it Gold) make sure that your funders can cover the costs or you will have to pay it by yourself (aka your service or lab).
The UNIL (open.access@unil.ch) and the FBM/CHUV/Unisanté Open Access Teams are at your disposal if you need more information.