With the National Open Access Strategy, swissuniversities have set themselves the goal of making all scientific publications freely accessible ("Open Access", abbreviated OA) from 2024 onwards. In addition to implementation through pure Open Access publications (Gold OA) and secondary publications in repositories (Green OA),so-called Read & Publish agreements are a central component of swissuniversities' Action Plan (in German). With these agreements, university members should not only continue to have access to the range of journals offered by a publisher, but also be able to publish in them openly and free of charge at the same time.

No agreement meeting the requirements of swissuniversities has been reached with Elsevier as part of these negotiations. Therefore, since 2024, there has been a state of no contract. Negotiations with Elsevier will continue.

Following renegotiations, an agreement was reached with Taylor & Francis in February 2024 (Further information: https://consortium.ch/type-produkt/taylor-francis-journals/).

Due to the state of no contract, Elsevier may deny Swiss university members access to the affected journal portfolio starting from January 2024. Until further notice, the content will remain accessible as usual as a gesture of goodwill from the publishers.

If Elsevier discontinues access to its articles, all journal contents would be affected.

In case access restrictions occur, this website will be updated with information on alternative access routes and advisory services.