Publisher offers (DEAL and more)
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Publication fees, so-called article processing charges, are generally charged for open access publications. As part of its participation in the DEAL project and due to special arrangements with particular publishing houses, HAW Hamburg offers its members attractive discounts for the publication of open access articles. You can also publish individual articles as open access articles (so-called 'hybrid open access') free of charge in subscription-based closed access journals from BMJ, Hogrefe, SAGE, Springer Nature and Wiley.
Please note that in order to receive a discount or have the costs covered, you must be the corresponding or submitting author of the article in question and be a HAW Hamburg member at the time of submission.
If you cannot determine whether a journal is covered by DEAL, you can use the oa.finder tool to find out.
The oa.finder can be used to find over 55,000 gold open access journals. The entries also contain information about the journal impact and the article processing charges. Additionally, you can use the tool to find out if HAW Hamburg will cover the publication costs via a transformation contract or if it would make sense to apply to the publication fund.
DEAL (Springer Nature and Wiley)
HAW Hamburg is part of the Germany-wide publish-and-read arrangements (DEAL project) with the Springer Nature (until the end of 2023) and Wiley (until the end of 2023) publishing houses. This provides HAW Hamburg members with new opportunities to publish in journals from Springer Nature and Wiley Open Access. A distinction is made here between two variations in open access publishing: full open access and hybrid open access.
Overview of all Springer DEAL journals
Overview of all Wiley journals
Discounts for full open access
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Since 1 August 2020, Springer Nature has offered a 20 per cent discount on the article processing charges listed for all purely open access journals (SpringerOpen and BMC titles). In addition, the agreement means that the individual publication fees are capped at €2,900. Wiley has also offered a 20 per cent discount for all purely open access journals since 1 January 2020. However, there is no cap on the article processing charge.
Important: In the case of Springer Nature and Wiley, the invoice for the APC will be sent directly to HAW Hamburg. However, it is the individual or the department that is responsible for financing the APC – i.e. the APC for purely open access publications is not covered by HAW Hamburg as part of DEAL.
Publishing in hybrid journals
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Since 1 January 2020, you can publish open access articles in classical subscription journals from Springer Nature and Wiley under the agreement without additional costs for you as the author. Your individual article will be made available at no cost in the online version of the journal, while a fee will be charged for the print version. The financing of open access publications in subscription journals from Springer Nature and Wiley is covered through the DEAL agreements.
Prerequisites for publishing
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In order to publish an open access article in a journal from the Springer Nature or Wiley publishing houses under the conditions outlined above, you must be a member of HAW Hamburg and the corresponding or submitting author of the article. Please also note that the costs for additional options, such as colour pages, will not be covered as part of the DEAL agreements, but will instead be invoiced to you by the journal.
You can find information about the Springer Nature and Wiley workflows here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/institutional-agreements/oaforgermany-de (Springer Nature, in German only) https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/open-access/affiliation-policies-payments/german-projekt-deal-agreement.html (Wiley)
What benefits does open access publication offer you?
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When CC-BY licences are used, the copyright remains with the author. At the same time, you can fulfil the funding requirements of numerous funders and achieve greater visibility for your research findings.
Additional information about the DEAL project
If you have questions about the possibilities for publication outlined above, the publication fees of a particular journal, the DEAL agreements or the open access licences used, please feel free to contact us: hibs.oa (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Special rates at other publishers
At the following publishers you can in some cases publish open access articles without paying fees (hybrid open access), and you can receive a discount on the article processing fees for purely open access journals. This is made possible through HAW Hamburg's institutional memberships or publisher agreements as part of national licencing agreements. Please note that you must be the corresponding or submitting author of the article in question.
BMJ
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From 1 January 2022 until 31 December 2022, the article processing charges in 28 subscription journals from the BMJ standard collection will be completely covered under the national licences. You can find an overview of the journals on the BMJ Author Hub. Publication generally takes place with a CC-BY-NC licence. A CC-BY licence is only possible when required by a funder.
Hogrefe PsyJOURNALS
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As part of a transformation agreement (2021–2023), HAW Hamburg has made it possible for its members to publish open access articles free of charge in all of Hogrefe's active subscription journals (hybrid open access). An overview of the journals together with additional information (in German only) is available here. You also have reader access to the entire PsyJOURNALS portfolio.
In the three purely open access journals which are not covered by the transformation agreement, authors receive a 25 per cent discount on the article processing charges. These three journals are the European Journal of Psychology Open, Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (PTAD) and Sports Psychiatry – Journal of Sports and Exercise Psychiatry.
MDPI
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The Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute publishes over 200 open access journals, which cover numerous subject areas (in particular life sciences and engineering, but also business, economics and public health).
Overview of the journals
Since the beginning of 2020, HAW Hamburg has had an institutional membership at MDPI. HAW Hamburg members receive a 10 per cent discount on the article processing charge for the journal in question. The affiliation will be recognised automatically via your HAW Hamburg email address and will also be requested as part of the submission process.
SAGE
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HAW Hamburg members can publish open access articles without additional charges (hybrid open access) in over 800 subscription journals from SAGE Journals as part of the publish-and-read model (2021–2023). The list of journals covered under the transformation agreement (SAGE premier package) is available here. You also have access to all SAGE journals.
In addition, you will receive a 20 per cent discount on the article processing charges at the 180 purely open access journals.
If you have questions about the offers described above, and in particular about the CC licences, please feel free to contact us:hibs.oa (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de.
