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Open publishing programs

SGGW, through the Main Library, participates in several open publishing programs through which authors affiliated with SGGW do not pay for open access (APC, Article Processing Charge) or receive a corresponding discount on such publication. For more details, see the tabs leading to descriptions of the open access publishing programs of each publisher:

Highlights of the funding source for open publishing programs:

NOTE:

Elsevier’s open publishing program has been launched with a pool of 1,084 articles for 2026. As of July 2, 2026: approximately 800 free articles remain available for use (for more information see Elsevier).

Springer’s open publishing program has been launched with a pool of 1,381 articles for 2026. As of July 2, 2026: approximately 900 free articles remain available for use (for more information see Springer).

OUP’s open publishing program has been launched with an unlimited pool of articles. Articles published under the subscription model during the program’s suspension period may be converted to the open access model (for more information, see Oxford University Press (OUP)).

 
See more on the websites:

Contact at SGGW:
Open Science Department Main Library
PhD Agnieszka Adamiec, MSc Dominika Semeniuk, tel. 22 59 35 720; e-mail – otwartanauka@sggw.edu.pl.

Completion of the third funding round (December 31, 2025) and awaiting funds for the new round in 2026.

The Publication Cost Funding System (SFKP) is designed to assist SGGW employees in covering the costs of publishing articles, monographs, or chapters in monographs (the program may cover all fees related to the publication process, not just Article Processing Charges (APC)).

Every SGGW employee (the applicant must be an SGGW employee) is eligible to use the funding system, provided they meet the requirements specified in Order No. 36 of 2026 (Previous versions of the regulation establishing the system for funding publication costs at SGGW: No. 81 of 2023 and No. 99 of 2024).

A publication may be eligible for funding if it meets the following conditions:
1) Article — it must be published in a journal ranked in the first quartile (Q1) of journals indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database, based on the IF value current at the time of application submission. If a journal appears in more than one subject-specific ranking, the more favorable (higher) position is considered valid.
You can check a journal’s metrics in the Web of Science database (in the upper-right corner of the screen, there is a “Products” tab; clicking it will open a drop-down menu from which you should select the Journal Citation Reports database; after entering part of the journal’s title in the search field, a list of suggested titles should appear, from which you can select the appropriate one; after selecting it, a new window will open displaying information about the journal, including its IF and quartile—if you are using a computer with access to the university network, you will not need to log in to the WoS and Journal Citation Reports databases; however, outside the SGGW network (e.g., on a home computer), you will need to log in (login instructions)); and
2) an article — it must be published in a journal that has been awarded at least 140 points on the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) list (list of journals); or
3) a monograph or a chapter in a monograph — the publisher must have been awarded at least 200 points on the MNiSW list (list of publishers).

Information on the available net amount and program details can be found in the Nauka tab on the employee intranet.

Additional information:
Open Science Department Main Library
PhD Agnieszka Adamiec, MSc Dominika Semeniuk, tel. 22 59 35 720; e-mail – otwartanauka@sggw.edu.pl.