Publication charges for authors

If you publish an Open Access article in a scientific journal or publish an article with one of the DEAL publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature or Wiley, you will often be charged APCs (= article processing charges) or other publication charges.

Unfortunately, the university's publication fund is currently exhausted. There will be no funding until further notice. So, please note the following cases: You publish in

• Open Access in a Gold journal published by a non-DEAL publisher:
  You will usually receive an invoice from your publisher for your APCs. The amount may vary from journal to journal. You must pay the invoice in full.
• Open Access in a Gold journal from a DEAL publisher:
  You will receive an invoice for your APCs from the library in the quarter following publication. The amount may vary from journal to journal. You will be granted a 20 percent discount on the list prices based on the DEAL agreements. You must pay the invoice in full.
• Open or closed access in a hybrid journal from a DEAL publisher:
  You will receive an invoice from the library for your publication costs (min. EUR 2,550.00 net plus VAT) during the publication process. You must pay the invoice in full.

Therefore, before publishing, please clarify from which funds it can be paid. Funding opportunities are offered by the German Research Foundation, among others.