This article deals specifically with the 3 agreements between Elsevier, Wiley and Springer. To find out more about the different economic models for scientific publishing, you can read;:

• the dedicated article on subscription models,
• the newsletter on access, use and cost,
• and the newsletter on negotiations and economic issues.

Agreements at the School

We have three such agreements with Elsevier et Wiley, et Springer, the latter coming into force on 1 January 2025.

For these three agreements, the library has prepaid for open access publication without embargo on the publishers' website. Publications are open free of charge by default; authors can say no, but there's no real reason to refuse the option.

Open access publication in the journals of these three publishers meets the requirements of funding agencies such as the ANR or Europe which are :

• make your article available in open access as soon as it is published, without embargo
• not pay to publish in open access journals hybrid magazines - which you have to subscribe to afterwards anyway - because here the agreement includes both publication and reading.

Elsevier

How to benefit from the agreement

The procedure is described step by step on this page.

If you are the corresponding author : after your article has been accepted, you can choose the option “Publish as an Open Access Article”. Check yes ! It costs you €0. As open access publishing is already paid for by the library as part of its subscription to this publisher, there's really no reason to say no.

• The agreement has been negotiated for 4 years: 2024-2027.
• Open access publication covers a list of over 2,500 titles hybrids which we can send you on request.
• The agreement provides for an annual volume of articles at national level for open access publication by member institutions.
• For full open access titles, the publisher offers a 10% discount on the price of the APC (publication costs - Article Processing Charges).This concerns 81 magazines, a list and prices of which are available on request.
• For articles published with immediate open access, the publisher PDF can be deposited in an open archive such as HAL without embargo.
• If, in spite of everything, the author chooses to publish by subscription when he or she has the option of publishing in open access, he or she may submit his or her postprinton HAL after an embargo of 6 months or 1 year as authorised by the law for a Digital Republic.

Wiley

How to benefit from the agreement

The procedure is described step by step on this page.

If you are the corresponding author : after your article has been accepted, you can go to your Wiley article management dashboard, and choose the option “Make this article Open”. Based on your corresponding author affiliation, Wiley should detect that you benefit from the prepaid reading and publication agreement and confirm the opening of the article with a message.

• The agreement was negotiated for 3 years: 2022-2024, and is extended for one year in 2025 while a new agreement is negotiated.
• The open access publication concerns a list of more than 1271 hybrid titles, which we can send you on request.
• The agreement provides for an annual volume of articles at national level for open access publication by member institutions.
• For full open access titles, the publisher offers a 10% discount on the price of APCs. This applies to 613 journals, a list and prices of which are available on request.
• For articles published with immediate open access, the publisher PDF can be deposited in an open archive such as HAL without embargo.
• If in spite of everything, the author chooses to publish under subscription whereas it has the possibility of publishing in open access, it can deposit its postprint on HAL after an embargo of 6 months or 1 year as authorized by the law for a Digital Republic.

Springer

Please note: the École nationale des ponts et chaussées will benefit from the open access publication agreement from 1 January 2025!

How to benefit from the agreement

The procedure is described step by step on this page.

If you are the corresponding author : after Once your paper has been accepted, you will receive an email inviting you to complete publication of the paper. Springer is able to recognise your eligibility for open access publication if :

• you have entered your affiliation to the École nationale des ponts et chaussées you have entered an email @enpc.fr
• you are connected to the Springer site from the School's network (i.e. via a declared IP address).

• The agreement was negotiated for 3 ½ years: 2024-2027.
• Open access publication concerns a list of more than 2,000 titles hybrids which we can send you on request.
• The agreement provides for an annual volume of articles at national level for open access publication by member institutions.
• For articles published with immediate open access, the publisher PDF can be deposited in an open archive such as HAL without embargo.
• If, in spite of everything, the author chooses to publish by subscription when he or she has the option of publishing in open access, he or she may submit his or her postprint on HAL after an embargo of 6 months or 1 year as authorised by the law for a Digital Republic.