Funding
ACM | AIP | Bentham | BioMed Central | BMJ | Cambridge University Press | Cogitatio Press | Company of Biologists | Copernicus | Elsevier | Frontiers | IOP | MDPI | PNAS | RSC | Sage | Science Advances | SCOAP3 | Springer Nature | Taylor & Francis und Cogent | Wiley
Many publishers require publication fees for Open Access publications, so-called Article Processing Charges (APC), from the authors or their institutions. The University Library of the LMU has concluded framework contracts or memberships with some publishers, through which a publication can be published at a reduced price.
The requirements for authorisation to use the agreement in both, publishing in Hybrid and Gold Open Access, are:
- The Submitting Corresponding Author is an active member of the LMU.
- The LMU is stated as the main affiliation in the article.
- Most of the research was carried out at the LMU.
When specifying your affiliation, please refer to the official name of the university: "Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München" (https://ror.org/05591te55) or LMU Klinikum (https://ror.org/02jet3w32) or "Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München". Of course, you can also add institute, clinic, center, working group, etc.
For better identification of affiliation please use your institutional e-mail address. For further information on the name of the university, please refer to the letter from the President of LMU: Designation of LMU Munich in publications
Before submitting, be critical about the trustworthiness and integrity of a journal.
Information about dubious open access journals
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
LMU members will receive as a discount on all hybrid or Gold Open Access publications in the ACM journals:
• Journal articles: 1,500 USD (instead of 1,700 USD)
• Proceedings articles: 800 USD (instead of 900 USD)
AIP - American Institute of Physics
As of January 01, 2021, LMU members can publish free of charge in the hybrid journals of AIP (except "Biophysics Reviews" and "Chemical Physics Reviews") within a contingent set in the consortium. It is required that the corresponding author is affiliated with the LMU. The articles are published under the CC-BY license. The contingent is provided on a first-come-first-serve basis. If it is exhausted, there will be a fee of 2,800 USD per article.
The Gold Open Access journals are not included.
Title list AIP hybrid (84 KB)
Bentham Science
As corresponding author, LMU members receive a 50% discount on open access publication fees in all Bentham Science journals.
To receive the discount, submit your manuscript using this online form and include LMU as the institution and your institutional email address.
Complete list of all journals of Bentham Science
BioMed Central / Springer Nature
Information on the DEAL contract with Springer Nature
BMJ - British Medical Journals
As corresponding author, LMU members receive a discount of 25% on the publication fees in BMJ's Gold Open Access journals. This also applies to The British Medical Journal (The BMJ). The corresponding author receives the invoice directly from the publisher.
In addition, all authors of the participating institutions can publish free of charge in the journals of the BMJ Journals Online Standard Collection in hybrid Open Access if they act as corresponding author and it is a research article. The hybrid open access articles are published under a CC-BY-NC-ND license.
Information for authors: BMJ Author Hub
Title list BMJ Standard Collection and Gold Open Access journals (11 KB)
Cambridge University Press
Since 01.01.2019 LMU authors who are also designated Corresponding Authors have been able to publish free of charge and without restriction in all the hybrid journals published by the Cambridge University Press within the framework of a German-wide consortium. Starting from January 2022 they will also be able to publish free of charge and without restriction in the publisher's Gold Open Access journals.
Approved article types:
- Research Articles
- Review Articles
- Rapid Communications
- Brief Reports
- Case Reports
Immediately upon publication open access status will apply to these articles, which will also be subject to the terms of a CC-BY Open Access licence, providing no other preferred licence form has been agreed.
Title list Cambridge University Press (150 KB)
Information on the "Read and Publish agreement with Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Germany"
Open Access Publishing Workflow for Cambridge Journals (771 KB)top
Cogitatio Press
Members of the LMU who are Corresponding Authors in journals published by Cogitato will be able to publish Open Access articles free of charge from 4 August 2023. Please indicate the LMU and your institutional e-mail address when submitting your manuscript.
Company of Biologists
Based on a Publish & Read agreement with the Company of Biologists, LMU members who are also Corresponding Authors can publish free of charge in the hybrid journals "Development", "Journal of Cell Science" and "Journal of Experimental Biology" from January 2023 onwards Additionally, the agreement includes unlimited reading access to all volumes of the three journals. The agreement is valid for the years 2023-2025.top
Copernicus Publications
From January 2023 onwards, LMU members who are also Corresponding Authors and are publishing in the journals of Copernicus Publications receive the invoice from the University Library. The University Library first settles the invoice. After the article has been published, the University Library will bill the corresponding author. If the article is eligible for funding under the LMU Open Access Fund, the funding amount will be deducted directly from the invoice amount.
Copernicus Publications Journal list
LMU Open Access Fonds top
Elsevier
Hybrid journals
From 1.1.2024, Submitting Corresponding Authors of the LMU have the option to publish their research articles in Elsevier subscription journals ("Elsevier Core Hybrid Journals") as well as in subscription journals of the Cell Press and The Lancet (CP/TL Hybrid) Open Access under a Creative Commons license. The corresponding author's faculty or department will contribute to the costs. The faculties and departments decide independently to what extent the costs are passed on directly to the corresponding authors by these institutions.
Eligible article types are: Full Length Article, Review Article, Case Report, Data in Brief, Microarticle, Original Software Publication, Protocol, Replication Study, Short Communication, Short Survey, Video Article.
Some society journals are excluded, such as the journal Blood or Blood Advances from the American Society of Hematology.
Gold Open Access journals
The publisher grants all Submitting Corresponding Authors affiliated with the LMU:
- a 20% discount on articles of Elsevier Fully Gold Open Access journals
- a 15% discount on Fully Gold Open Access articles of Cell Press and The Lancet.
After publication the University Library will invoice the institutes, departments or faculties concerned. If the funding requirements for the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the funding amount is automatically deducted in the invoice.
The complete and constantly updated list of Elsevier journals
Further information on the DEAL contract with Elsevier top
Frontiers
LMU members who are also Corresponding Authors receive a discount of 10% on the cost of publishing in journals of the Frontiers publishing house.
The University Library first settles the invoice. After the article has been published, the University Library will bill the corresponding author's department for the amount plus 19% VAT. If requirements of the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the funding amount will be deducted directly from the invoice amount.
Frontiers' variety of journals offers about 180 open access journals, mainly from the fields of natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
IOP - Institute of Physics
From January 2023 onwards, LMU members who are also Corresponding Authors can publish under CC-BY 4.0. licence terms free of charge and without embargo in 53 hybrid journals and 21 Gold Open Access journals published by the Institute.
IOP journals title list 2023 (357 KB)
MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
The journals catalogue of the publishers MDPI includes more than 200 Open Access journals from a variety of academic disciplines. LMU corresponding authors will receive a 10% discount on publication fees. Discount cannot be combined with other reductions (e.g., Research Society discount code, review vouchers, or journal invitations).
Please indicate your affiliation with the LMU when submitting your article.
List of open access journals from MDPI top
PNAS
Starting in 2022, LMU authors will have to choose between immediate Open Access or delayed Open Access for publication of their articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).
- Immediate Open Access:
The price for an article to be published immediately Open Access is 4,995 USD (+ 19% VAT) for Corresponding Authors of the LMU. Compared to the regular fee of 5,475 USD, this implies a discount of 500 USD. This price includes all fees for articles up to 12 pages in length. The Corresponding Author can choose between the recommended CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND license. - Delayed Open Access:
For publishing an article with the delayed Open Access option, the price is 2,595 USD (+ 19% VAT) and includes all fees for articles up to 12 pages in length. All articles published in PNAS will be made available Open Access after six months. With delayed Open Access, all articles are published under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Please note that delayed open access is not eligible for funding through the LMU Open Access Fund.
More information on publication fees at PNAS
RSC - Royal Society of Chemistry
As of 01.01.2024 Corresponding Authors of the LMU can publish free of charge in 37 hybrid and 17 Gold OA journals of the RSC. This is granted automatically if the Corresponding Author can be assigned to LMU via e-mail domain. Therefore, please use your institutional e-mail address (@....lmu.de, @....uni-muenchen.de, @....med.uni-muenchen.de) at submission.
Sage
Hybrid journals (SAGE Choice program)
As of January 01, 2024, LMU Corresponding Authors can publish free of charge in the hybrid journals of the complete SAGE Premier 2024 collection under the CC-BY license. The following article types are eligible for hybrid publishing: Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports and Case Reports.
Sage Premier
The Royal Society of Medicine Collection
Gold Open Access journals
The publisher grants all corresponding authors affiliated with the LMU a 20% discount on articles in Gold Open Access journals. You will receive the invoice directly from the publisher.
Science Advances
LMU corresponding authors will receive a 15% discount on the current publication fee for publications in the journal "Science Advances".
Science Advances Workflow (179 KB)
SCOAP3
SCOAP3 is an international project providing worldwide free access to scholarly publications in the field of high-energy physics (HEP) via Gold Open Access. At a national level the project is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
LMU authors can publish free of charge in the following journals:
- Advances in High Energy Physics
- European Physical Journal C
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Physics B
- Physics Letters B
In some journals only a proportion of articles they contain falls under the category HEP. In such cases SCOAP3 will only bear the cost if the article has been deposited on arXiv under the main category "HEP" before submission.
- Acta Physica Polonica B
- Chinese Physics C
- Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP)
- Physical Review C (PRC)
- Physical Review D (PRD)
- Physical Review Letters (PRL)
Springer Nature
LMU Munich has signed the new DEAL agreement with the publishing house Springer Nature. The contract will run for five years (2024-2028).
Hybrid journals
Corresponding Authors at LMU can publish their research articles in Springer Nature subscription journals (“hybrid journals”) on open access under a Creative Commons licence. Articles in most of the Springer Nature journals will be published under the CC-BY licence, while a small number will also be available under the CC-BY-NC licence.
The Corresponding Author's faculty or department will pay a share of the costs. The faculties and departments will be responsible for deciding what portion of the costs will be passed on directly to the Corresponding Authors.
Gold Open Access journals
In addition, it will be possible to publish in around 600 Gold Open Access journals offered by Springer Nature. Springer Nature offers all Corresponding Authors at LMU Munich a 20% discount on publication fees for any Springer Open and BMC title. No discount is offered on Gold Open Access journals published by Nature.
There will be no central funding of the fees for Gold Open Access. Upon publication, the University Library will issue an invoice for articles published in Gold Open Access journals. Provided the funding conditions of the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the amount granted will automatically be factored in to the final invoice total.
Information on the DEAL contract with Springer Nature
Taylor & Francis and Cogent
Hybrid Open Access (Open Select)
As of January 01, 2024, LMU Corresponding Authors can publish their Research Articles free of charge in the hybrid journals of Taylor & Francis Open Select Journals (hybrid journals).
Gold Open Access journals
The publisher grants all corresponding authors affiliated with the LMU a 15% discount on articles in Gold Open Access journals.
The University Library first settles the invoice. After the publication of an article, the University Library will bill the Corresponding Author's department for the amount plus 19% VAT. If requirements of the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the funding amount will be deducted directly from the invoice amount.
Overview of Taylor & Francis Open Select & Gold Journals
Wiley
LMU Munich has signed the new DEAL agreement with the publishing house Wiley. The contract will run for five years (2024-2028).
Hybrid journals
Corresponding Authors at LMU can publish their research articles in Wiley subscription journals (“hybrid journals”) on open access under a Creative Commons licence (“Wiley Online Open”). The University Library recommends the use of the CC-BY or CC-BY-SA licence.
The Corresponding Author's faculty or department will pay a share of the costs. The faculties and departments will be responsible for deciding what portion of the costs will be passed on directly to the Corresponding Authors.
Gold Open Access journals
In addition, it will also be possible to publish in Wiley's exclusively Open Access journals (“Gold Open Access”). Wiley offers all Corresponding Authors at LMU a 20% discount on the publication fees.
There will be no central funding of the fees for Gold Open Access. Upon publication, the University Library will issue an invoice for articles published in Gold Open Access journals. Provided the funding conditions of the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the amount granted will automatically be factored in to the final invoice total.
