Polytechnic University of Catalonia has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.

This institutional agreement means that eligible Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount.

The university library of Polytechnic University of Catalonia supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Polytechnic University of Catalonia researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.  

For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization. 

Information for researchers

If you are a Polytechnic University of Catalonia researcher, please select Polytechnic University of Catalonia in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Polytechnic University of Catalonia upon acceptance.  

For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit Polytechnic University of Catalonia Open Access website: Transformative agreements and grants to publish open access at UPC or contact info.biblioteques@upc.edu.