Elsevier Open Publishing Program 2025

As part of the national license, the Elsevier OA publishing program was launched on May 6, 2025, with a pool of 1,084 articles for 2025. As of May 30, 110 articles have been published within the allocated pool.

The program allows authors with UMK affiliation to publish articles in OA mode for free.

Using OA publishing requires completing the final settlement form sent by the editorial office after the positive conclusion of the review stage. Only articles accepted for publication after the launch of the program can be covered by the open publishing program.


The corresponding author, whose article has been reviewed and accepted for publication, receives a link to the Rights and Access form from Elsevier. The form is used to select a publication in the subscription or open access model (gold open access) and allows you to use the program for Polish authors. In the form, you must indicate UMK, in accordance with the affiliation or one of the affiliations assigned to the corresponding author on the title page of the article. The form will automatically display to the author the option of open publication under the program and exemption from the APC fee.

The costs of publishing articles under the program will be paid from funds from the Ministry of Education and Science.

List of journals covered by the program