Springer Compact

Terms for the agreement 

  • You need to be the corresponding author.
  • You need to be affiliated with KI and you should also state this in the article.
  • The research should have been predominantly conducted at KI.
  • Use your email address ending with @ki.se and enter Karolinska Institutet as your institution to facilitate identification.

Author instructions

Which journals are included in the agreement?

The agreement covers publishing in about 1 950 hybrid journals from Springer.

To see which titles are included in the agreement search the Open Access / APC Checker Tool. Keep in mind that there might be changes to the title list during the year.

Which article types are included in the agreement?

  • Original paper (including Study Protocols)
  • Review paper
  • Brief communication
  • Continuing education

What is not included in the agreement?

Please note that other charges such as page charges or color figures are not included!

Publishing licences

The agreement allows publishing with CC-BY licence. More information about CC-BY licences.

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Publication support

Contact us with questions regarding open access, KI's publishing agreements, bibliometrics, publishing in KI Open Archive and strategic publishing. 

Senast uppdaterad: 2022-12-12