TU Darmstadt Publishing Fund


TU Darmstadt supports publications in Open Access journals, monographs and edited volumes through a publishing fund (“OA Fonds”). The fund is significantly supported with money granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation).
The funded articles, monographs or edited volumes are all additionally published on , TU Darmstadt's Open Access repository. TUprints
As of 1 January 2023 funding will be provided within the framework of the “Open Access Publication Costs” programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG). The first period of the new programme will end on 31 December 2025.
Publication fees for articles in OA journals are subsidised with 1,400 Euros if the following criteria are met:
- The corresponding author is a member or affiliate of TU Darmstadt or has been affiliated when the article was submitted.
- The journal has a quality assurance procedure and is listed in the (DOAJ). Directory of Open Access Journals
- The article will be published under a . In its Creative Commons licence (opens in new tab) , TU Darmstadt recommends the CC BY licence. Open Access Policy
- The overall publication costs may exceed 1,400 Euros. Partial funding is possible. Existing third-party funding for publications must be used as a matter of priority.
- The article will contain the for author identification. ORCID iD
- The affiliation designation of TU Darmstadt defined in the (opens in new tab) will be used in the publication. Publication guidelines
Funding is not available for the following
- Articles in hybrid journals (subscription journals where individual articles are published Open Access for a fee)
- Articles in mirror journals (OA versions of existing subscription journals with almost the same name) even if they are listed in the DOAJ.
(opens in new tab) for the eligibility of journal articles Checklist
If not all these points apply to your article, please contact us so we can look into other funding possibilities for you.
Application form for the Publishing Fund
Information on billing procedure
The article fees are usually invoiced directly to the authors by the publishers. Please be advised, that tax is usually not reflected in the publishers' APC invoices. For your budgeting you should assume a tax rate of 19%.
The invoices are pre-assigned by the author's institute and forwarded to ULB, which checks and arranges partial funding from the OA fund. The entire invoice amount is then paid by the financial accounting department.
List of funded articles
American Chemical Society (ACS)
As part of the “all subscribing institutions”, TU Darmstadt authors receive a USD 250 discount on Open Access publications in hybrid journals. ACS Publications
AIP Publishing
TU Darmstadt participates in the Read & Publish Agreement with . Authors can publish open access articles in the AIP Publishing (opens in new tab) free of charge until 31 December 2023. Once the annual article quota has been used up, authors will be charged a discounted fee of USD 2,800. Authors can enquire about the current status of the OA quota at ULB. subscription journals
For pure OA journals, publication costs can be subsidised from the TU Darmstadt OA Fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page.
Company of Biologists
A (term 2023-2025) allows corresponding authors of TU Darmstadt to publish Open Access articles in all journals of The Company of Biologists without paying a publication fee. The number of free-of-charge OA articles is unlimited. The agreement applies to research articles in the following five journals: Read & Publish agreement
Development
Journal of Cell Science
Journal of Experimental Biology
Disease Models & Mechanisms
Biology Open
The author workflow is described in the . Read & Publish Guide
IOP Publishing
TU Darmstadt is participating in the Germany-wide consortium agreement with , the publishing house of the Institute of Physics. Until 31 December 2024, authors can publish OA articles of the type “paper”, “special issue paper”, “review” or “letter”" free of charge in 53 hybrid and 21 gold OA journals ( IOP Publishing (opens in new tab) , new hybrid journal as of July 2023: Reports on Progress in Physics). Additional costs such as page charges will not be covered. IOPP identifies eligible corresponding authors on the basis of the affiliation entered. journal title list
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
grants a 10% discount on article processing charges if the corresponding author is affiliated with TU Darmstadt when submitting the manuscript. Publication costs can be subsidised from the OA fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page. MDPI
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Publications in the are freely available on the web after six months. Standard publication cost is 2,575 USD. For articles with immediate open access under a CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND licence, TU authors pay a discounted fee of 4,975 USD. There are no additional page charges. “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America”
PsyJOURNALS (Hogrefe Verlag)
Due to an Open Access transformation contract, TU authors can publish OA articles free of charge in , the transformative journals published by Hogrefe. Authorised article types are research or original papers (e.g. review, overview articles, multistudy reports). As corresponding author, please clearly indicate your affiliation with “Technische Universität Darmstadt” or “Technical University of Darmstadt”. PsyJOURNALS
Hogrefe also reduces the APC list prices of these three pure OA journals by 25%: European Journal of Psychology Open, Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (PTAD), Sports Psychiatry – Journal of Sports and Exercise Psychiatry.
Publication costs can be subsidised from the TU Darmstadt OA Fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page.
Royal Society of Chemistry
A Read & Publish agreement between TU Darmstadt and the (RSC) allows all TU Darmstadt authors to publish open access articles in the hybrid journals free of charge. This applies to manuscripts accepted from 1 January 2022. RSC identifies eligible authors by their official institutional email address (…@tu-darmstadt.de). Royal Society of Chemistry
(opens in new tab) describes the procedure. This guide for authors
RSC grants a 15% discount on article fees in pure OA journals. Authors will be invoiced directly. Publication costs can be subsidised from the TU Darmstadt OA Fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page.
Science Advances
As corresponding authors, TU Darmstadt members receive 15% discount on the publication charges for the Open Access journal by AAAS. “Science Advances”
SCOAP3
The makes scientific publications in the field of high-energy physics accessible in Open Access. Through the participation of TU Darmstadt, its members can publish free of charge in SCOAP3 Initiative under the CC BY licence (term 2023-2024). SCOAP3 journals
Springer Nature
TU Darmstadt is participating in the Germany-wide with the scientific publisher Springer Nature (duration 2020-2023). Members and affiliates involved in active research at TU Darmstadt can publish their articles with Open Access in Springer Nature's hybrid and pure OA journals. The following conditions apply: DEAL agreement
- hybrid journals (subscription journals with an OA option)
The article fees are paid centrally by ULB. - Gold Open Access journals (fully open access journals)
Springer Nature grants a discount of 20% on the list prices of SpringerOpen and BioMed Central titles. All applicable article fees are indicated in the column “Current DEAL Cost Contribution” of the full and depend on the acceptance date (publisher lists net prices). journal title list
Publication costs can be subsidised from the TU Darmstadt OA Fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page.
When submitting the article, please indicate the affiliation as according to the corresponding author (opens in new tab) : Technische Universität Darmstadt or Technical University of Darmstadt.. Publication guidelines
Wiley
TU Darmstadt is participating in the Germany-wide with the scientific publisher Wiley (duration 2019-2023). Members and affiliates involved in active research at TU Darmstadt can publish their articles with Open Access in Wiley's hybrid and pure OA journals. The following conditions apply: DEAL agreement
- hybrid journals (subscription journals with an OA option)
The article fees are paid centrally by ULB. - Gold Open Access journals
Wiley grants a discount of 20% on the list prices. Article fees are indicated in the column “EUR APC, Discounted (20%)” of the full (publisher lists net prices). journal title list
Publication costs can be subsidised from the TU Darmstadt OA Fund. The funding criteria and amounts can be found at the top of this page.
When submitting the article, please indicate the affiliation as according to the corresponding author (opens in new tab) : Technische Universität Darmstadt or Technical University of Darmstadt. Publication guidelines