MDPI Renews CSAL Partnership to Support Swiss Universities
We are delighted to announce that MDPI has extended its partnership with CSAL, the Swiss consortium, for 2025. This renewed agreement underscores our commitment to supporting open access publishing and ensuring that high-quality research remains widely accessible to the academic community in Switzerland.
Among the institutions participating in the agreement are ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, along with twenty other leading institutions, further strengthening the reach and impact of this initiative.
Through this partnership, institutions affiliated with CSAL will continue to benefit from MDPI’s Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP). The agreement provides researchers with significant discounts on article processing charges (APCs), making it more accessible for them to publish under open access.
For institutions that centrally fund APCs, the benefits are even greater, with enhanced discounts designed to further support their researchers while streamlining the publication process. Additionally, MDPI offers flexible payment options to accommodate different financial structures, ensuring that institutions can select a model that best aligns with their budgets and administrative requirements.
"We are excited to continue our partnership with CSAL, reinforcing our dedication to supporting Swiss research institutions," said Adrian Stefan Zamfir, Institutional Partnerships Manager for the DACH region at MDPI. "This agreement will simplify open access publishing for researchers in Switzerland, ensuring that their valuable contributions are widely disseminated and easily accessible."
MDPI remains committed to promoting the benefits of gold open access publishing both in Switzerland and globally. By reducing administrative burdens and fostering greater accessibility, we aim to empower researchers and enhance the global reach of academic discoveries.
Through adaptable solutions and institution-friendly policies, MDPI continues to address the financial and administrative complexities often associated with scholarly publishing. These initiatives reinforce our mission to provide a seamless and transparent publishing experience, enabling institutions to focus on advancing research without logistical barriers.
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About CSAL
The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries obtains licenses for scientific resources (electronic journals, eBooks, and databases). It offers a broad range of services and supports the efforts to establish a national open access strategy. It therefore plays an instrumental role in guaranteeing the quality and competitiveness of Switzerland as a university and research hub.
About MDPI
Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI is one of the world's leading open access publishers with a current portfolio of more than 450 journals in all scientific disciplines. MDPI‘s goal is to advance open science worldwide through greater transparency, efficiency and collaboration. To date, more than 3.9 million researchers have published their results in MDPI journals. The editorial process is overseen by a large network of dedicated reviewers and editors and supported by more than 6500 MDPI employees. MDPI currently works with over 900 academic institutions and 190 scientific societies worldwide, which benefit from a wide range of MDPI services and products.