Open Access Journals

If no or other project, material or third-party funding is available, funding is possible through an application via the central publication fund. The funding consists of the subsequent payment of open access publication fees.

Please inform yourself about the trustworthiness and reputability of the journal and the publisher before submitting your application. To ensure the quality standard, a countersignature from the dean's office or the head of the ZWE (Central Business Unit) is required.

The amount of funding in 2025 depends on the number of applications received and the amount of the publication fund. It amounts to EUR 2,000.00 per article for publications in non-DEAL journals.

The costs for publications with the publishers of the DEAL contracts will be covered in full. This regulation is expected to apply until the end of 2025 and will be evaluated once the figures have been analysed.

Information on this will then follow shortly.

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The European University Viadrina is a participant in the Germany-wide DEAL agreement, which has created new opportunities for researchers to publish research results Open Access.

DEAL is a project launched by the German Rectors' Conference to negotiate nationwide transformative "Publish and Read" agreements with the largest commercial publishers for academic journals on behalf of all German academic institutions.

The costs for publications with the publishers of the DEAL contracts will be fully covered. This arrangement is expected to apply until the end of Q2 2024 and will be evaluated once the figures have been analysed.

Information on this will then follow promptly.