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Open-access agreements with publishers

Looking to publish open access in a periodical that charges fees for the privilege? Find out here what financial support is available from the University of Bonn.

You as an author are often faced with very high fees for individual publications. With this in mind, the University of Bonn has signed agreements / contracts with various publishers and organizations that allow you to publish for free on an open-access basis or give you discounts on your publication fees (APCs). In so doing, we are supporting the ongoing transformation toward open access. Take a look at what we can offer in terms of covering the costs for the following publishers and organizations.

Do you have any questions?

You can reach us by e-mail at openaccess@ulb.uni-bonn.de

Wiley, Springer Nature, and Elsevier

Interested in getting one of these publishers to publish your work? Then have a read about the DEAL project.

Free & discounted open access publishing

Here you will find a list of publishers and initiatives where you can publish free of charge or at a discount as a member of the University of Bonn.

We provide an overview of all agreements financed centrally via the USL Bonn; agreements financed decentrally by institutes and departments are not listed here. Please contact your institute directly for more information.

Overview

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Various Subjects / Disciplines
License Options: CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Free Open Access Publishing in CUP's Gold and Hybrid Journals

As part of a DFG-funded consortium, the University of Bonn has entered into an agreement with the publisher Cambridge University Press. This allows authors from the University of Bonn to publish their articles in many of the publisher's journals as Open Access. Here you will find a list of the relevant journals from the publisher.

How to use the agreement:

  • Please indicate in the publication agreement that you wish to publish Open Access.
  • In the later process, specify the University of Bonn as your institution.
  • For more information and a detailed description of the publication workflow, please refer to the publisher's step-by-step guide.

Here you can check your eligibility for Open Access publication.

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Geosciences, Engineering and Life Sciences
License Options: CC BY

Free Open Access Publishing in Gold Journals

Copernicus specializes in journals in the fields of geosciences, engineering and life sciences. Up to an Open Access publication fee of €2,000 gross, corresponding authors from the University of Bonn can publish in the Gold Open Access journals of Copernicus without personal cost under the CC BY license.

Higher publication fees are not included in the contract at this time. Authors must cover these costs themselves. In such cases, partial funding from our publication fund may be available.

How to use the agreement:

  • Members of the University of Bonn submit their manuscript as the "corresponding author" in the usual way, indicating the University of Bonn as their primary affiliation to the publisher.
  • Verification is done by the publisher.

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Free or Discounted Open Access Publishing

The University of Bonn has entered into an Open Access transformation agreement with De Gruyter. Authors from the institution can publish articles Open Access under the following conditions:

  • In hybrid journals in the humanities and social sciences, publishing is free for authors. The Open Access publication fees (APCs) are covered by the University of Bonn upon approval.
  • In pure Open Access journals, authors receive a 20% discount on the Open Access publication fee (APC). Funding from the publication fund for articles from the University of Bonn can be applied for these costs.
  • For articles with multiple authors, the person who is the point of contact with the publisher is considered the eligible author. This is the person who signs the publication agreement ("corresponding author"). Besides research articles, other types of articles like book reviews are also covered by the agreement.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Members of the University of Bonn submit their manuscript as the "corresponding author" in the usual way, indicating the University of Bonn as their affiliation to the publisher.
  2. Verification is done by the publisher.
  3. Further information about De Gruyter's submission procedures can be found on the publisher's website.

Here you will find a list of hybrid journals covered by the agreement.

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Economics
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Free or Discounted Open Access Publishing

The University of Bonn has entered into an Open Access transformation agreement with De Gruyter. Authors from the institution can publish articles Open Access under the following conditions:

  • In hybrid journals in the humanities, social sciences, and economics, publishing is free for authors. The Open Access publication fees (APCs) are covered by the University of Bonn upon approval.
  • In pure Open Access journals, authors receive a 20% discount on the Open Access publication fee (APC). Funding from the publication fund for articles from the University of Bonn can be applied for these costs.
  • For articles with multiple authors, the person who is the point of contact with the publisher is considered the eligible author. This is the person who signs the publication agreement ("corresponding author"). Besides research articles, other types of articles like book reviews are also covered by the agreement.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Members of the University of Bonn submit their manuscript as the "corresponding author" in the usual way, indicating the University of Bonn as their affiliation to the publisher.
  2. Verification is done by the publisher.
  3. Further information about De Gruyter's submission procedures can be found on the publisher's website.

Here you will find a list of hybrid journals covered by the agreement.
Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Various Subjects / Disciplines
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Open Access Publishing under the DEAL Framework

The University of Bonn participates in a contract with the publisher Elsevier. Authors from the University of Bonn with the status of "submitting corresponding author" can publish Open Access in more than 2,500 Elsevier journals, including journals from the Cell Press and The Lancet brands.

Additionally, the University of Bonn gains access rights to nearly the entire Elsevier journal portfolio.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Log into the authors' portal of Elsevier. Submit your article. Enter "University of Bonn" or "University Hospital Bonn" as your affiliation (also on the PDF of your article, see also the guidelines of the University of Bonn for the standardized indication of affiliation in scientific publications)

  2. Whenever possible, use your institutional email address (@uni-bonn.de or @ukbonn.de) for correspondence and in the publisher's submission platform as the "submitting corresponding author."

  3. You will be notified that your institution is a signatory to an agreement with the publisher. You can now make your article open access free of charge.

  4. We check all articles for eligibility and the affiliation to the University of Bonn is confirmed or rejected by us as an institution.

  5. If you qualify, your publication fees will be billed to us, so you should not receive an invoice for any APCs yourself.

Here you can find the list of journal titles
Learn more about the DEAL project

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Economics
License Options: CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Free or Discounted Open Access Publishing

Hogrefe is a specialist publisher for psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry. The University of Bonn licenses the journal package PsyJournals from the publisher. Due to participation in this license, members of the University of Bonn can publish Open Access for free in all hybrid journals of the publisher.

How to use the agreement:

  • After successfully submitting your article as the corresponding author, you will be informed by the publisher about the possibility of publishing Open Access.
  • Confirmation of membership and cost coverage for your publication will then be automatically provided through your institutional email address from the University of Bonn or the UKB.

Here you can find a list of hybrid journals covered by the agreement.

Additionally, Hogrefe grants a 25% discount on the APC for the following three journals published in gold Open Access. Here you can find information about the submission process for authors:

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Natural and Life Sciences
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement (Open Access Publisher)

Free Publishing in an Open Access Publisher

The University of Bonn has entered into an agreement with the publisher PLOS. Authors ("corresponding authors") from the University of Bonn have the opportunity to publish their articles in Open Access at no cost in the 14 journals of the publisher.

PLOS is an Open Access publisher that publishes Open Access journals in the natural and life sciences, as well as related fields. In addition to subject-specific journals like PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine, PLOS also publishes the international, multidisciplinary journal PLOS ONE.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Please use your institutional email address with the domain @uni-bonn.de or @ukbonn.de for submission.
  2. If you have an ORCID, please provide it.
  3. Select your institution from the drop-down menu.
  4. During the payment process, choose: "My institution will pay all or part of the fee."

We cover all costs. If you receive an invoice after the article has been accepted, there was an error in the submission process. Please contact us in that case.

You can find the list of journals on the publisher's website (under "University of Bonn").

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Various Subjects / Disciplines
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Open Access Publishing under the DEAL Framework

The University of Bonn participates in a contract with the publisher Springer Nature. Authors from the University of Bonn with the status of "submitting corresponding author" can publish Open Access in more than 2,000 Springer Nature journals (Open Choice Option).

Publication fees for publications in Open Access journals of the brands SpringerOpen and BioMed Central (over 500 titles) are discounted by 20%, and price increases for APCs are contractually limited.

Additionally, the University of Bonn gains access rights to nearly the entire Springer Nature journal portfolio.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Log into the authors' portal of Springer Nature. Submit your article. Enter "University of Bonn" or "University Hospital Bonn" as your affiliation (also on the PDF of your article, see also the guidelines of the University of Bonn for the standardized indication of affiliation in scientific publications)
  2. Whenever possible, use your institutional email address (@uni-bonn.de or @ukbonn.de) for correspondence and in the publisher's submission platform as the "submitting corresponding author."
  3. You will be notified that your institution is a signatory to an agreement with the publisher. You can now make your article open access free of charge.
  4. We check all articles for eligibility and the affiliation to the University of Bonn is confirmed or rejected by us as an institution.
  5. If you qualify, your publication fees will be billed to us, so you should not receive an invoice for any APCs yourself.

Here you can find the list of journal titles
Learn more about the DEAL project

Publication Type: Article / Journals
Fields: Various Subjects / Disciplines
License Options: CC BY
Type: Publish & Read Agreement

Open Access Publishing under the DEAL Framework

The University of Bonn participates in a contract with the publisher Wiley. Authors from the University of Bonn with the status of "submitting corresponding author" can publish Open Access in more than 1,300 Wiley journals (Hybrid Open Access Option). Publication fees for publications in Wiley Open Access journals (over 600 titles) are discounted by 20%.

Additionally, the University of Bonn gains access rights to nearly the entire journal portfolio on the Wiley Online Library platform.

How to use the agreement:

  1. Log into the authors' portal of Wiley. Submit your article. Enter "University of Bonn" or "University Hospital Bonn" as your affiliation (also on the PDF of your article, see also the guidelines of the University of Bonn for the standardized indication of affiliation in scientific publications)
  2. Whenever possible, use your institutional email address (@uni-bonn.de or @ukbonn.de) for correspondence and in the publisher's submission platform as the "submitting corresponding author."
  3. You will be notified that your institution is a signatory to an agreement with the publisher. You can now make your article open access free of charge.
  4. We check all articles for eligibility and the affiliation to the University of Bonn is confirmed or rejected by us as an institution.
  5. If you qualify, your publication fees will be billed to us, so you should not receive an invoice for any APCs yourself.

Information for Authors on Publishing in a Pure OA Journal:

When submitting your article to a pure OA journal, please select the payment option that states: "The Corresponding Author’s institution/funder has an agreement with Wiley." Then, select the University of Bonn or UKB as your institution.

Here you can find the list of journal titles
Learn more about the DEAL project

Open Access initiatives and publishers

Here you will find a list of Open Access initiatives and publishers supported by the University of Bonn:

Overview

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Migration and Development Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

Berghahn Books is an independent publisher of renowned academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. In collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of Open Access services, 20 frontlist publications on international migration and the social impacts of economic and environmental change will be published.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in Open Access through a financial contribution.

Here you can find a list of the already published Open Access books

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: German Literary Studies, German Linguistics, History
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn is participating in the Open Access transformation of books published by De Gruyter. Each year, 9 new publications per field in German Literary Studies, German Linguistics, and History will be made available in Open Access. There are no publication costs for the authors.

This model was successfully implemented from 2021 to 2023 for a total of 72 titles in German Linguistics, German Literary Studies, and History (since 2022).

Here you can find an overview of the already transformed titles

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Books (Series)
Fields: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Byzantine Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The Millennium Studies series is one of the central publication venues in the classical studies program of De Gruyter. The University of Bonn is participating in the transformation of this series to Open Access. Here you can find more information about the transformation initiative.

Both the backlist of the series (2004–2020) and the publications from 2021 and 2022 are freely available. Thanks to the support of 36 academic libraries (as of February 2023), new publications in the series can continue to appear in Open Access. There are no publication costs for the authors.

Further information can be found on the publisher's website

Publication Type: Articles / Journals
Fields: Various Fields / Disciplines
Type: Membership

The University of Bonn supports the Open Access initiative Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The DOAJ is a central directory of peer-reviewed Open Access journals. It plays a crucial role in the discoverability and visibility of Open Access journals.

Further information can be found on the initiative's website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields of Study: Various Fields / Disciplines
Type: Membership

The University of Bonn supports the Open Access initiative Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). The DOAB is a central directory of peer-reviewed Open Access books. It plays a crucial role in the discoverability and visibility of Open Access publications.

Further information can be found on the initiative's website

Publication Type: Articles / Journals
Fields: Mathematics
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

EDP Sciences is an international scientific publisher that publishes high-quality scientific journals, conference proceedings, books, and magazines across a broad spectrum of scientific, technical, and medical disciplines.

In collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of Open Access services, 6 mathematics journals are being converted to Open Access. Under Knowledge Unlatched's financing model, libraries collectively fund publications to make them freely accessible.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these journals in Open Access through a financial contribution.

Here you can find a list of the journals covered by the agreement.

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Education Sciences, Educational Research
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn is participating in an Open Access initiative by the Specialised Information Service (SIS) Fachinformationsdienst - FID for Education Sciences and Educational Research.

In the crowdfunding model, a total of 40 books in the field were already published in Open Access in the years 2022 and 2023. Here you can find the title list for the 2022 subject package and here the title list for the 2023 subject package.

In 2024, another 20 books will be published. The titles are selected by a subject-specific committee.

Further information can be found on the Fachportal Pädagogik (Education Research Portal)

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Geo-/Water Sciences
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn is participating in the financing of Open Access books by the International Water Association (IWA). The e-books from IWA Publishing cover topics from all areas of water treatment and wastewater management.

The e-books are accessible through the Open Research Library of the Open Access service provider Knowledge Unlatched. Under Knowledge Unlatched's financing model, libraries collectively fund books from publishers to make them freely accessible.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in Open Access through a financial contribution.

Further information can be found on the website of Knowledge Unlatched

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Various disciplines
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn is participating in the funding of Open Access books related to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

These e-books are accessible through the Open Research Library provided by the Open Access service provider, Knowledge Unlatched. Under the financing model of Knowledge Unlatched, libraries collectively fund books from publishers to make them freely accessible.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in Open Access through a financial contribution.

For further information, please visit the Knowledge Unlatched website

Publication Type: Journals
Subject Areas: Social Sciences, Gender Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn is participating in the KOALA project ("A German acronym translating to “Establishing Consortial Open Access Solutions").

The project is establishing an alternative funding model by organizing the collaboration of institutions to collectively cover the costs of subject-specific open-access publications. In the years 2023-2025, a total of six titles in the fields of Media and Social Sciences will be collectively funded, including the journals GENDER, sub\urban, Open Gender Journal, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung.

For more information, please visit the KOALA website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Subject Areas: Linguistics
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding (Open-Access Publisher)

The University of Bonn is participating in an initiative by the open-access publisher Language Science Press in cooperation with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of open-access services. The publisher publishes peer-reviewed open-access monographs in the field of linguistics under the CC BY license. Thirty monographs are planned to be published annually in open access. There are no publication costs for the authors.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of books in open access through financial contributions.

For more information, please visit the Knowledge Unlatched website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: STEAM fields
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

MIT Press is a university press based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). While it publishes for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it operates as an independent entity.

The Direct to Open (D2O) program by MIT Press enables the open-access publication of new scholarly monographs and edited volumes from MIT Press without any cost to the authors.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of books in open access through financial contributions.

For further information, please visit the publisher's website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Law
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

Mohr Siebeck is a scholarly publisher specializing in legal and theological publications. Additionally, the publisher releases works in the fields of Judaic studies, religious studies, philosophy, sociology, history, and economics.

The University of Bonn is participating in a project organized by the Specialised Information Service (SIS) for International and Interdisciplinary Legal Research to fund open-access books from the series "Internet und Gesellschaft" (Internet and Society). 10 book projects from this series will be published as open-access titles immediately after their release between 2024 and 2026.

Publication Type: All types of publications
Fields: Philosophy
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding / Membership

The Open Commons of Phenomenology is a non-profit, international scholarly association dedicated to providing free access to the entire corpus of phenomenology. In collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of open-access services, a project to finance the platform is being organized.

The University of Bonn supports the initiative through a financial contribution.

For further information, please visit the Knowledge Unlatched website

Publication Type: Articles / Journals
Fields: Humanities and Social Sciences
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

The University of Bonn supports the organization Open Library of Humanities (OLH). Authors do not pay fees for publications in journals on the platform.

OLH is a non-profit organization dedicated to open access without publication fees. It is funded through an international consortium consisting mainly of libraries and universities. The OLH publication platform hosts journals in humanities and social science disciplines and operates its own multidisciplinary journal. All articles undergo thorough peer review.

For further information, please visit the OLH website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: African Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding 

Routledge is an international academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences.

In collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of open-access services, 20 books per year from the field of African and Development Studies are being converted to open access. This collection covers a wide range of social, political, and economic topics relevant to scholars from the Global South and beyond. Under the funding model of Knowledge Unlatched, libraries collectively fund books from publishers to make them freely accessible.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in open access through a financial contribution.

For further information, please visit the Knowledge Unlatched website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Gender Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

Routledge is an international academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences.

In collaboration with Knowledge Unlatched, a provider of open-access services, 20 books per year from the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies are being converted to open access. This diverse collection of titles covers a range of current topics, including Trans Studies, LGBTQ rights, activism, gender inequality, feminism, and motherhood. Under the funding model of Knowledge Unlatched, libraries collectively fund books from publishers to make them freely accessible.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in open access through a financial contribution.

For further information, please visit the Knowledge Unlatched website

Publication Type: All Publication Types
Fields: Various Fields / Disciplines
Type: Membership

The University of Bonn supports the Open Access initiative SPARC Europe. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is a consortium of libraries advancing global initiatives on Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education, including advocacy at the policy level.

For further information, please visit the SPARC website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Media Studies
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

transcript is a scholarly publisher focusing on cultural, social, and humanities studies, history, philosophy, economics, as well as cultural management and museum studies.

The Open Library of Media Studies is a quality-assured Open Access collection by transcript Verlag, featuring 13 new publications annually in media, film, and communication studies. The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in Open Access through financial contributions. There are no publication costs for the authors.

You can find the title lists for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. All titles are also available on the OAPEN platform.

For further information, please visit the publisher's website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Political Science
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

transcript is a scholarly publisher specializing in cultural, social, and humanities studies, history, philosophy, economics, cultural management, and museum studies.

The Open Library of Political Science is a model allowing for the Open Access publication of all new releases in the field of political science, covering international and European politics, parties, globalization, social movements and civil society, policy, politics, political theory, and polity.

The University of Bonn supports the provision of these books in Open Access through financial contributions. There are no publication costs for the authors.

You can access the complete list of titles since 2019. All titles are also available on the OAPEN platform.

For further information, please visit the publisher's website

Publication Type: Blog Articles
Fields: Law
Type: Collective Funding / Membership

The Verfassungsblog ("On Matters Constitutional") is a renowned blog covering constitutional and legal policy topics. Over 1000 different authors have published articles on it, establishing the Verfassungsblog as a high-quality and widely recognized publication medium within the legal academic community.

The University of Bonn supports the operation of the Verfassungsblog in Open Access through the BMBF project Open Access to Public Law (OZOR).

For more information, please visit the Verfassungsblog website

Publication Type: Books / Monographs
Fields: Vocational and Business Education
Type: Collective Funding and Crowdfunding

wbv is a publishing house with program focuses in the humanities and social sciences, education, as well as administration and law. The University of Bonn supports the transformation initiative "wbv Open Library Vocational and Business Education".

Members of the University of Bonn have free access to selected new releases (e-books) in the sub-disciplines of adult education as well as vocational and business education from the publisher. The publication fees for authors amount to one-third of the publication costs.

Here you can find the title lists for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

For further information, please visit the publisher's website