Special newsletter on Open-Access-Transformation at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Status of Open-Access-Transformation at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Scholarly publication is undergoing a process of transformation. Subscription based licensing models are being replaced by agreements that set costs based on publication. The University Library supports members of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the publication of scholarly works in electronic and open access form, and is your point of contact on funding Open Access publications via the Open Access Publication Fund, Open Access memberships, and transformation agreements such as the DEAL agreements. This newsletter lists the most important Open Access agreements made by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar:
DEAL-Konsortium
DEAL is a project initiated by the Alliance of German Science Organizations that negotiates nationwide transformative »Publish and Read«-agreements with the largest academic publishers in order to accelerate the switch to Open Access in scientific publishing. You can find more information on the agreements on the DEAL website.
DEAL-Agreement with Elsevier – new from January 1st 2024
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has entered the DEAL-Agreement with Elsevier at the beginning of 2024, ending a multi-year period without any agreements. Elsevier journals are available to read on the publisher’s platform ScienceDirect again. Corresponding authors‘ articles will now be published in these subscription journals in Open Access. The corresponding publication costs are centrally funded and billing is handled by the Weimar University Library. From January 1st 2024, a 20/15 percent discount applies to the APC list prices for articles in Elsevier’s Gold Open Access journals.
DEAL-Agreement with Wiley (2024-2028)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar joined the DEAL agreement with Wiley in 2019. During the current five-year contract period, members of the university will receive unlimited access to all of the publisher's journals via the Wiley Online Library publishing platform. Wiley Online Library. Bauhaus-Universität researchers are able to publish Open Access in over 1,300 Wiley subscription journals. APCs are funded centrally through the University Library. A 20 percent discount applies to the publication fees for articles in Wiley’s Gold Open Access journals.
DEAL-Agreement with Springer Nature (2024-2028)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar joined this agreement in 2020. It, too, allows reading access to all periodicals on the platform Springer Nature. Researchers have the ability to publish in over 2,000 Springer Nature subscription journals. APCs are funded centrally through the University Library. A 20 percent discount applies to the APC list prices for publishing articles in the Gold Open Access journals.
Taylor & Francis Journals Open Access Transformative Agreement (2024-2026) - new
The transformative agreement with Taylor & Francis is another new agreement the university entered on January 1st 2024. This agreement expands reading access by two Taylor & Francis Collections. The Social Science & Humanities Library grants access to around 1,490, and the Science & Technology Library to more than 500 journals. University members publish in Open Access in all (more than 2,000) Taylor & Francis Open Select Journals. A 15 percent discount per APC applies to all publications in the Gold Open Access Journals.
ACM Open (2021-2025)
Since 2021 Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has participated in the Association for Computing Machinery‘s ACM Open model. Scientists at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar can publish their articles Open Access in the ACM Digital Library at no additional cost. The corresponding publication costs are centrally funded by the Weimar University Library. As well as that, all ACM content is available to read.
What you need to know as an author:
When submitting your articles as a corresponding author, please include your Bauhaus University Weimar email address. This will ensure eligibility for funding through Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
If you belong to more than one eligible institution, you must choose one institution at the time of submission, which will then cover the costs.
Project DEAL aims to establish CC BY as the standard license for open access publishing. CC BY is the freest type of license, allowing you to grant the greatest possible reuse opportunities for your work and ensuring that you are credited as the author of the original work.
Before publishing Gold Open Access articles with the DEAL publishers or with Taylor & Francis, you must send an application to the Open Access Publication Fund. Partial financing (currently at most € 2,000 per article including VAT) can then be granted. Any amount beyond that must be covered by the authors‘ own budget or third party funds. In order for the university library to handle invoice processing, authors must declare a cost unit (Abrechnungsobjekt) for the share they cover themselves. For further information, please read the Open Access Publication Fund’s funding criteria.
Please look for more important information for authors in the DEAL Konsortium FAQ or on our Open-Access-Website.
We’ll be happy to answer any questions at openaccess@ub.uni-weimar.de.