Paderborn University researchers receive a 15 per cent discount on publication fees for publications in the open access journal Science Advances.

Publication costs (APCs) can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT). Any costs exceeding this amount will be invoiced to you by the University Library as before.

Paderborn University Library participates in the national consortium ACM OPEN. As part of the agreement, read access to the entire content of the ACM Digital Library is secured and researchers from Paderborn University can publish their publications as "Corresponding Author" in journals, conference proceedings and magazines of the publisher at no additional cost under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) Open Access.

Further information can be found at

• https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/acmopen
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in the EZB

Paderborn University Library participates in a national consortium for the licensing of electronic journals published by Cambridge University Press. Under the Publish and Read agreement, Paderborn University researchers can publish their publications as "Corresponding Authors" in the publisher's hybrid and Gold Open Access journals under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) in Open Access at no additional cost. In addition, permanent access to the publisher's entire journal portfolio is guaranteed.

Further information:

• Open Access Agreement with Cambridge University Press
• Information for authors on the submission process
• Cambrige University Press in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University participates in the Germany-wide DEAL contract with the publisher Elsevier. Participation in the contract opens up a new, extended opportunity for you as an author to publish your research results open access in Elsevier journals and at the same time offers online access to a large number of the publisher's journals.

The contract includes the following key points:

• Read access:
  Almost the entire portfolio of electronic journals published by Elsevier has been permanently available for read access since 27 October 2023 (*). The portfolio includes approx. 1,800 Elsevier Core Hybrid journals, approx. 50 titles from Cell Press and The Lancet as well as approx. 660 Fully Gold Open Access journals from the Elsevier Group.
  
• HybridOpen Access:
  As an author at Paderborn University, you are authorised to publish in Core Hybrid journals in Open Access at no additional cost (**). Additional services agreed between you and the publisher (e.g. colour charges) may incur costs that are not covered by the contract and will be invoiced to you separately by the publisher.
  To use this open access publication option, first select Paderborn University as your affiliation after your article has been accepted in the publisher's Author Journey and then confirm the option "Publish as an Open Access article". Please note that the university/university library will incur costs even if you decide against open access publication in the hybrid journals. You should therefore make use of the open access publication option.
  The Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) is contractually recommended as a licence, which complies with the requirements of many research funders.
  
• Gold Open Access:
  Publication fees (APCs) for your publication in Fully Gold Open Access journals are discounted by 20%; for Gold journals from Cell Press and The Lancet alone, the discount is 15% (***). The Paderborn University Library will invoice the publication costs in these approx. 660 Fully Gold Open Access journals. Before your article is published, the University Library will ask you to confirm in writing that you will cover the costs of the APCs. The APCs can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT). Costs exceeding this amount will be invoiced to you by the University Library as before.

Further information can be found at

• https://deal-konsortium.de/vertraege/elsevier
• https://view.highspot.com/viewer/65280fa6f6c97ee89d7943fa#04pgvj9kgl
• Elsevier in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

(*) For the volumes from 2022 onwards, the contract provides for permanent access. Subject to funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the MPDLS will acquire permanent access to Elsevier content for the Elsevier consortium and all institutions entitled to a national licence until 2022 (archive purchase of the so-called "freedom collection"), which will ensure the connection and gap closure to existing national licences at no additional cost and independently of participation in the DEAL contract.

(**) This applies to articles accepted for publication from 27 October 2023.

Paderborn University Library participates in a national consortium for the licensing of the journal portfolio PsyJournals from the publisher Hogrefe. As part of the agreement, read access to the entire PsyJournals portfolio of the publisher Hogrefe is secured and researchers at Paderborn University can publish their publications as "Corresponding Author" in hybrid journals of the PsyJournals portfolio at no additional cost under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) Open Access.

Publications in Gold Open Access journals are not covered by the Publish and Read agreement. The publisher grants a 25 per cent discount on the publication fees (APCs) for your publication in Gold Open Access journals. Publication fees are settled directly between the publisher and the corresponding author. The APCs for your publication in Gold Open Access journals can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT).

Further information can be found at

• https://www.hogrefe.com/de/service/fuer-autoren/zeitschriftenautoren/openmind/transformation-faq-fuer-autorinnen
• Hogrefe in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University Library participates in a national consortium for the licensing of IOP journals. As part of the agreement, reading access to the publisher's entire journal portfolio is secured and Paderborn University researchers can publish their publications as "Corresponding Author" in hybrid and Gold Open Access journals of the publisher at no additional cost under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) Open Access.

Further information:

• Open Access Agreement with IOP Publishing
• IOP Publishing in the EZB

Paderborn University Library participates in the national consortium RSC Journals / Platinum. As part of the agreement, reading access to the entire RSC journal portfolio is secured and Paderborn University researchers can publish their publications as "Corresponding Author" in 37 hybrid and 17 Gold Open Access journals of the publisher under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) Open Access at no additional cost.

Further information:

• Royal Society of Chemistry in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University Library participates in a national consortium for the licensing of electronic journals from Sage Publishing. As part of the Publish and Read agreement, Paderborn University researchers can publish their publications as "Corresponding Authors" in hybrid journals ("Sage Choice") of the publisher under a Creative Commons licence (e.g. CC-BY) Open Access at no additional cost. In addition, permanent access to the publisher's entire journal portfolio is guaranteed.

Publications in Pure Gold Open Access journals are not covered by the Publish and Read agreement. The publisher grants a 20 per cent discount on the publication fees (APCs) for your publication in Pure Open Access journals.

The APCs for your publication in the more than 200 Pure Gold Open Access journals can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT).

Further information:

• Sage Publishing in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University participates in the Germany-wide DEAL contract with the publisher Springer Nature. Participation in the contract gives you as an author the opportunity to publish your research results open access in Springer Nature journals and at the same time offers online access to a large number of the publisher's journals.

The contract includes the following key points:

• Reading access:
  Almost the entire portfolio of electronic journals published by Springer Nature is permanently available for reading access. Nature journals, magazines (e.g. Scientific American, Spektrum der Wissenschaft) and technical journals (e.g. ATZ, MTZ) are not included in the DEAL contract. The University Library offers you online access to Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nature Physics, ATZ as well as print access to Scientific American, Spektrum der Wissenschaft and MTZ via additional licence agreements.
  
• Hybrid Open Access:
  As an author at Paderborn University, you are entitled to publish in the more than 2,000 hybrid journals (Open Choice) in Open Access at no additional cost. Additional services agreed between you and the publisher (e.g. colour charges) may incur costs that are not covered by the contract and will be invoiced to you separately by the publisher.
  To use this open access publication option, select Paderborn University as your affiliation after your article has been accepted or use your institutional email address in the submission process. Please note that the university/university library will incur costs even if you decide against open access publication in the hybrid journals. You should therefore use the open access publication option. The Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY) is contractually recommended as a licence, which complies with the requirements of many research funders.
  
• Gold Open Access:
  Publication fees (APCs) for your publication in the more than 500 Fully Gold Open Access journals of the SpringerOpen and BioMed Central brands are discounted by 20%. The Paderborn University Library will invoice the publication costs in these Fully Gold Open Access journals. Before your article is published, the University Library will ask you to confirm in writing that you will cover the costs of the APCs. The APCs can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT). Costs exceeding this amount will be invoiced to you by the University Library as before.

Further information can be found at

• https://deal-konsortium.de/vertraege/springer-nature
• Springer Nature in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University Library participates in the national consortium Taylor & Francis Journals Open Access Transformative Agreement. Under the agreement, Paderborn University researchers can publish their publications as "Submitting Corresponding Author" in over 2,000 Open Select Journals (hybrid) of the publisher under a Creative Commons Licence (CC-BY) Open Access at no additional cost.

Further information:

• Taylor & Francis in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Paderborn University participates in the Germany-wide DEAL contract with the publisher Wiley. Participation in the contract gives you as an author the opportunity to publish your research results open access in Wiley journals and at the same time offers online access to a large number of the publisher's journals.

The contract includes the following key points:

• Reading access:
  Almost the entire portfolio of electronic journals published by Wiley is permanently available for reading access. The portfolio includes more than 1,300 Hybrid Open Access journals and around 600 Fully Gold Open Access journals from the publisher.
  
• HybridOpen Access:
  As an author at Paderborn University, you are authorised to publish in Hybrid Open Access journals at no additional cost. Additional services agreed between you and the publisher (e.g. colour charges) may incur costs that are not covered by the contract and will be invoiced to you separately by the publisher.
  To use this open access publication option, first select the option "Select Open Access at no additional charges" in Wiley Author Services after your article has been accepted and then select Paderborn University as your affiliation during the submission process. Finally, confirm the selection of the Open Access option again. Please note that the university/university library will incur costs even if you decide against open access publication in the hybrid journals. You should therefore use the open access publication option. The Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC-BY) is contractually recommended as a licence, which complies with the requirements of many research funders.
  
• Gold Open Access:
  Publication fees (APCs) for your publication in Fully Gold Open Access journals are discounted by 20%. The Paderborn University Library will invoice the publication costs in these approx. 600 Fully Gold Open Access journals. Before your article is published, the University Library will ask you to confirm in writing that you will cover the costs of the APCs. The APCs can be financed from the university's Open Access Publication Fund. The principle that own publication funds from third-party funded projects must be spent first also applies here. In addition, funding from the OA publication fund is capped at 2,000 euros net (plus VAT). Costs exceeding this amount will be invoiced to you by the University Library as before.

Further information can be found at

• https://deal-konsortium.de/vertraege/wiley
• Wiley in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)