Open Access publishing at Worms University of Applied Sciences

‘Open Access’ gives you free digital access to the full texts of academic articles.

You are free to use the published documents within the scope of the relevant terms of use. The rights of exploitation remain reserved.

=> Registration form for open-access publications at Worms University

Application for reimbursement of APC fees

To find out whether the publication of your article is eligible for funding, please contact Stephan Sabel at the university library.

Once your article has been accepted for publication in an open-access journal, you may submit a written application for the APC fees to be covered. The application must meet all the eligibility criteria.

If you already have an invoice, you can submit it together with the application. The library will then arrange for payment.

The application must include the following:

  • A cover sheet with the contact details of the applicant at Worms University of Applied Sciences, the date of submission and the title of the open-access publication.
  • Proof that the applicant is the first author of the publication.
  • An application that is comprehensible to non-specialists with an academic background, limited to a maximum of two A4 pages plus an appendix (font: Calibri, font size: 11).
  • Details of the open-access journal: title, subject area, publisher or editor, place of publication and website address.
  • An abstract of the open-access publication of no more than 1,000 characters.
  • Evidence of the journal’s peer-review process and confirmation from the publisher that the manuscript has been accepted.
  • Evidence of the publication fees (invoice or quotation).
  • A specimen copy of the open-access publication in printed form, including the URL and/or DOI of the publication. You may submit this at a later date.
  • A reference in the publication to the support provided by Worms University of Applied Sciences.

The invoice must meet the following criteria:

  • The invoice must be made out to Worms University of Applied Sciences, a Faculty or a department of Worms University of Applied Sciences.
  • The invoice must show net amounts.
  • If the issuer of the invoice is based in a Member State of the European Union, the value added tax identification number (VAT No.) of Worms University of Applied Sciences (DE813351149) must be stated on the invoice.

Worms University of Applied Sciences’ participation in the DEAL agreement with Springer Nature

1) DEAL – Springer Nature

Worms University of Applied Sciences is a party to the DEAL agreement with Springer Nature.

The agreement enables you to publish in one of the publisher’s academic journals whilst making your article available as an open-access publication. In addition, members of the university community are granted permanent access to the full texts of the publisher’s journal articles.

Publication options

There are two publication options to choose from:

  1. Gold Open Access journals
    : Around 600 journals in which all articles are published as Open Access publications.
  2. Hybrid Open Access journals (Open Choice Journals)
    Here, authors decide whether they wish to publish their article as an Open Access publication. The fees for Open Access publication are covered by the licence agreement.

Who is authorised to publish under the terms of the contract?

All researchers at the university may, in their capacity as “corresponding authors”, make use of the open access options offered by the publisher’s subscription journals and open access journals.

The terms of the DEAL agreement apply to publications during the term of the agreement.

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