Norwegian Institutions (SIKT members)

Authors from participating Norwegian institutions which are members of SIKT can request use of funds to pay their Open Access charge when arranging payment in OUP’s online licensing and payment system.

List of Institutions

• Akershus University Hospital

• Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Medical Library

• Institute For Social Research

• Institute Of Marine Research

• Molde University College

• NMBU, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

• NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

• Norges Bank

• Norwegian Business School

• Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs

• Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

• Norwegian Institute of Public Health

• NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

• NTNU Social Research

• Østfold Hospital

• UiT The Arctic University of Norway

• University of Agder

• University of Bergen

• University of Oslo

• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

How do I know if I am eligible?

To be eligible to publish Open Access and use funding from the Norwegian Institutions (SIKT members) you must be:

• the corresponding author of the article
• affiliated to one of the Norwegian institutions listed above. You must indicate this as your primary affiliation when submitting the article in order to be recognized as eligible.
• publishing in an eligible hybrid journal
  • Eligible authors publishing in participating fully OA journals will receive a 15% discount on their APC.
• If you are publishing your article in a Supplement, then you are not eligible to use Read and Publish funds to cover the open access charge.

Your institution will verify your eligibility before paying your Open Access charge.

I’m an eligible author, what do I need to do?

To request use of Norwegian Institutions (SIKT members) funds for Open Access please follow the steps outlined in this step-by-step guide.