Aston authors/researchers: publish as Gold Open Access for free

Springer Compact is a 100%-discount deal which applies to Springer Open Choice journals effectively offering free Gold (ie. immediate) Open Access with a CC-BY licence; the deal applies to both original papers and review papers.

The corresponding author must be affiliated with Aston University, and the deal applies to papers at the point of acceptance for publication.

During the submission process authors should state that you are affiliated with Aston University; also use your university email address during the submission process for verification purposes.

For more information: www.springer.com/gp/open-access/springer-open-choice/springer-compact/for-uk-authors-intro