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If you are a researcher from Lancaster University you can search for your favourite journals or filter to get to a selection of journals that match your research topic. Select a funder to see whether the journals are compliant. Check the filter ‘Journals with Agreements’ to limit the list to journals for which the APCs are fully waived (i.e. included in our Read and Publish agreements) or discounted. If a cost is shown then click ‘Check & Apply’ to see if the Open Access team can cover costs.
Frontiers of Physics
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Frontiers of Physics
Frontiers of Physics facilitates communication and exchange among scientists by reporting significant advances made in universities and academic institutions worldwide in nearly all fields of physics. The journal publishes review articles, original research papers, and rapid communications by individual physicists and research groups. The journal spans a wide range of topics, reporting experiments, techniques and ideas that advance the understanding of physics worldwide. Among the fields covered are physics of quantum mechanics and quantum information; gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics; elementary particles and fields; nuclear physics; atomic, molecular and optical physics; statistical and nonlinear physics; plasma physics and accelerator physics; condensed matter physics; nanostructures and functional materials; and soft matter, biological physics and interdisciplinary physics.
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Frontiers of Physics in China
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Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering (Formerly known as Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China) seeks to provide a multidisciplinary forum with peer-reviewed papers and case studies in order to promote rapid communication and exchange among scholars, engineers and architects. It introduces and reflects significant and pioneering achievements in the field of structural and civil engineering. The subject areas featured will include some aspects of main branches of civil engineering. Topics include but not restricted to: structural engineering: hydraulic engineering: geotechnical engineering: bridge engineering. All published papers will reflect the original thoughts of researchers and practitioners on basic theories, model, computing, and design in structural and civil engineering. The journal is strictly peer-reviewed and accepts only original submissions in English.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frontiers of Urban and Rural Planning
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frontiers.
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Frontiers: The International Journal of Study Abroad
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Frontiers in Gastroenterology
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Frontiers in Health Services
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frontiers in Nephrology
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frontières
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frontière·s. Revue d’Archéologie, Histoire & Histoire de l’Art
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Frontline Gastroenterology
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has entered into a Read and Publish agreement with BMJ (until 31 December 2026) which includes free open access publishing for funded* only Lancaster University corresponding authors in this hybrid journal. A CC BY licence must be chosen. Articles must be original research articles (original articles reporting on primary research). Please use your Lancaster email address in the submission process. Please note that this agreement does not cover extra costs, i.e. colour charges that might apply with hybrid journals. Funders: UK Research and Innovation, British Heart Foundation, Blood Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, Parkinson's UK, Versus Arthritis or the Wellcome Trust. Please note that the corresponding author needs to be the person who is linked to the grant holding or funding institution.Fruit Growing Research
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Fruit Research
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Fruit, Vegetable and Cereal Science and Biotechnology
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical & Subtropical Horticulture
Fruits is a scientific journal for original articles and reviews on fruit crops in temperate, Mediterranean, subtropical and tropical regions. Fruits covers a wide range of subjects (agronomy, physiology, genetics, crop protection, postharvest storage, product processing and marketing). In each issue, the journal presents a list of forthcoming meetings and new books published on the fruit topic.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Frühmittelalterliche Studien
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement (2024 to 31 December 2026) which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University in both hybrid and fully OA journals. A CC BY licence must be chosen.FuLiA / UFMG
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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