Open access agreement for SCELC

Information for authors

If you are a corresponding author affiliated with a participating institution within the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC), the agreement reached means you can publish your article open access with fees covered.

More than 60 institutions are participating in the transformative agreement between Springer Nature and SCELC, meaning that corresponding authors* affiliated with participating institutions are eligible to publish their articles open access with fees covered in hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio. In addition, you can enjoy full access to all Springer subscription journal content.

*Acting as main contact for Springer Nature correspondence after editorial acceptance.

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Participating institutions
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Open access agreements: What’s the eligibility process?

Participating institutions

A

  • A.T. Still University, Mesa
  • Abilene Christian University
  • Aerospace Corporation

L

  • La Sierra University
  • Lindenwood University
  • Loma Linda University

S

  • Southern Methodist University
  • Southwestern Adventist University
  • Southwestern University
  • Alliant International University
  • Austin College
  • Azusa Pacific University

B

  • Biola University

C

  • California Baptist University
  • California Institute of Integral Studies
  • California Lutheran University
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Library
  • Chapman University
  • Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • City of Hope
  • Claremont Colleges
  • Claremont Graduate University
  • Claremont McKenna College

D

  • Dominican University of California

F

  • Fielding Graduate University
  • Fresno Pacific University

H

  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Hawaii Pacific University

K

  • Keck Graduate Institute


  • Louisiana State University in Shreveport
  • Loyola Marymount University

M

  • Mount St. Mary's University

N

  • National University
  • Naval Medical Center San Diego
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

O

  • Occidental College

P

  • Palo Alto University
  • Pepperdine University Libraries
  • Pitzer College
  • Pomona College

Q

  • Queen's Medical Center

R

  • RAND Corporation

S

  • Samuel Merritt University
  • Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
  • Santa Clara University
  • Scripps College
  • Scripps Research Institute
  • Soka University of America


  • SRI International
  • St Mary’s College of California

T

  • Texas Lutheran University
  • Texas Woman’s University
  • Trinity University

  • U

  • University of Dallas
  • University of Houston-Clear Lake
  • University of La Verne
  • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
  • University of San Diego
  • University of San Francisco
  • University of Southern California
  • University of the Incarnate Word
  • University of the Ozarks
  • University of the Pacific at Stockton

  • W

  • Western State Colorado University
  • Western University of Health Sciences
  • Westminster College
  • Westmont College

Publishing open access in a hybrid journal

This agreement covers open access publications in Springer, Palgrave & Adis journals on Springer Nature Link, and Academic Journals on Nature.com.

Eligible journals
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Author guide
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