Open Access journals
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1. Project DEAL - Open Access and Access to e-Journals
Viadrina participates in the Germany-wide DEAL agreements, enabling authors to achieve greater visibility through Open Access publishing and granting access to extensive journal collections.
Publish & Read agreements with major commercial publishers are negotiated by the German Rectors’ Conference.
The negotiation objectives of Project DEAL
Open Access publishing: All articles authored by researchers at DEAL institutions are published under CC BY licensing, including peer review.
Read access: Permanent full-text access to all e-journals within participating publishers’ portfolios.
Pricing model: Based on publication volume under a predictable “Publish & Read” agreement.
How the University library supports you - the library provides guidance for authors planning to publish Open Access under DEAL agreements.
Participating publishers and term
Wiley ranks as the third-largest publisher in terms of the annual volume of publications involving German academic authors are included in the DEAL agreements. Nearly 10.000 articles by German authors can be made Open Access in Wiley journals annually.
Read access:
approximately 1.700 Wiley journals (from 1997 onward)
List of Wiley journals that are part of the DEAL contract (continuously updated)
Publish:
Hybrid Open Access: Publish in subscription journals
Gold Open Access: Publish in fully Open Access journals with a 20% APC discount
For details on specific DEAL journals, visit the continuously updated List of Wiley journals
Springer Nature is the second most important publisher for German scientific institutions and publishes around 17% of all scientific articles produced there each year.
The DEAL agreement enables open access publishing in around 2.340 Springer Nature journals and at the same time offers participating institutions access to almost the entire range of journals published by the publisher.
Read access:
List of Springer Nature journals that are part of the DEAL contract (approx. 2800, continuously updated)
Publish:
Hybrid Open Access: Publication in Springer subscription journals
Gold Open Access: Publication in OA-only journals with a 20% discount on the author fees (APCs)
As the most important publisher, the new DEAL contract with Elsevier from 2024 complements the range of open access publishing in the publisher's journals. With around 11.000 publications, the contract is of central importance for the German scientific landscape.
Read access:
Online access to approx. 2500 journals of the publisher from the year of publication from 2023
List of Elsevier journals that are part of the DEAL contract (continuously updated)
Publish:
Hybrid Open Access: Publication in Elsevier subscription journals
Gold Open Access: Publication in OA-only journals with a 20% discount on the Author fees (APCs)
2. Taylor & Francis
The University Library of the European University Viadrina participates in the Read & Publish transformation agreement with Taylor & Francis from 1 January 2026. The agreement combines access to all fee-based Taylor & Francis and Routledge journals included in the contract with the option for member of the university to publish Open Access in these hybrid journals at no additional cost. The agreement complements the existing service under which the University Library covers the costs of publications in Gold Open Access journals.
Participating publishers and term
Read-only access:
Online access to approximately 2.350 journals from the publisher, starting with the publication year 1997
List of Taylor & Francis journals included in the agreement (updated on an ongoing basis)
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Publishing:
Hybrid Open Access: publication in Taylor & Francis / Routledge subscription journals included in the agreement.
Gold Open Access: publication in fully Open Access journals with a 15% discount on article processing charges (APCs).