If you are a corresponding author affiliated with Vanderbilt University, you can publish your article open access (OA) with fees covered in journals across the P站视频 portfolio.
Vanderbilt University has OA agreements with P站视频, meaning that corresponding authors may be eligible to publish their articles OA with fees covered. The agreements include more than 2,000 hybrid journals across the P站视频 portfolio. From January 2025, this also includes Nature and the Nature Research journals.
Vanderbilt University is participating in the NERL agreement with P站视频. This agreement covers open access publications in Springer, Palgrave & Adis journals on P站视频 Link, and Academic Journals on Nature.com. Download the list of journals included in the NERL agreement here.
This agreement covers OA publications in Nature, the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal, first published in 1869 and original Nature research journals across the life, physical, clinical and social sciences.
The corresponding author is defined as the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process – from manuscript correction and proof reading, to handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts up to the acceptance of the manuscripts.
The corresponding author has the authority to act on behalf of all co-authors in all matters pertaining to publication of the manuscript including supplementary material. They are also responsible for obtaining such agreements and for informing the co-authors of the manuscript’s status throughout the submission, review and publication process.
In addition, the corresponding author acts as the point of contact for any enquiries after the paper is published.
When you submit, use at least one of the below methods of recognition.
Upon acceptance of your article, you'll also be prompted to provide your institutional affiliation.
The approval manager at your institution will approve your article's eligibility based on your institutional affiliation, article type and journal name.
Once your article is approved by your institution, you will be notified by email and your article will proceed to publication.
#When publishing in a Nature Portfolio journal, original paper is the only applicable article type. Articles published under this article type may also be referred to as: Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report.
There are still plenty of ways to find funding for your article processing charge (APC). Visit our open access funding page to check whether your institution or research funder makes OA funding available.
Please email us at oa.verification@springernature.com if you need further assistance.
