UiT without a publisher agreement with Wiley for 2026

SIKT has, on behalf of the Norwegian consortium, entered into a one-year agreement with Wiley for 2026.

UiT, like several other major research and educational institutions in Norway, has chosen to remain without an agreement with Wiley. The negotiated agreement is still considered overpriced, and as open science is an important strategic priority for UiT, the funds for the current year have been reallocated to support, among other things, diamond open access.

The Wiley agreement will be renegotiated for 2027, and UiT hopes for a more satisfactory outcome, as we know that several academic communities have important journals with the publisher.

At the University Library, we will continue working to ensure that students and staff at UiT have access to necessary literature and support for publishing. More information about this can be found below.

You can still search for literature as usual, for example in Oria.

All content covered by the agreement up to 31 December 2024 will remain available, either because it is Open Access or because UiT retains reading access through archival rights.
Other open versions of articles may be found when searching in Oria (tick “Include electronic resources to be requested”).
The University Library can assist in obtaining articles you cannot access. Search for and order the article in Oria; see the library’s help pages for ordering articles.

Alternatively, you may contact the article’s author or other researchers, for example via social media or academic networks – most are happy to share their articles with others.

You can still publish in Wiley journals.

You can publish in closed journals (journals not listed in DOAJ) and make your publication openly accessible (OA) by self-archiving your manuscript in the National Research Archive (NVA), in line with UiT’s rights-retention strategy.

UiT will continue to cover author fees for publications in open journals, meaning journals where all content is open acces. This is provided that:

The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
The journal is approved at level 1 or 2 in the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (Kanalregisteret)

Author fees may in such cases be covered by UiT’s publishing fund. The application form and more information about the fund can be found here: UiT's publishing fund - Portal for Publishing and Open Access.

A complete overview of UiT’s active publishing agreements can be found in the Portal: UiT's publishing agreements

For more information, see UiT’s Portal for publishing and Open Access.

UiT without a publisher agreement with Wiley for 2026