Open Access publishing in De Gruyter journals
Articles from FWF-funded projects published in journals that are part of this agreement can be published open access free of charge until the end of 2027 at the latest.
Please note that the criteria listed below must be met. In addition, the following FWF requirements must be complied with:
- the article must be published with a CC BY licence
- the acknowledgement must contain the following text:
This research was funded in whole / in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [grant DOI]. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.
or for German-language publications:
Diese Forschung wurde gänzlich / teilweise durch den Wissenschaftsfonds FWF finanziert [Grant-DOI]. Zum Zweck des freien Zugangs hat der:die Autor:in für jedwede akzeptierte Manuskriptversion, die sich aus dieser Einreichung ergibt, eine „Creative Commons Attribution CC BY“-Lizenz vergeben.
Please make sure to enter the grant DOI instead of the project number.
Since 2019, university members with active employment contracts or students of the University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Innsbruck can publish open access free of charge in around 350 De Gruyter hybrid journals and have access to around 350 scientific journals.
Special agreement for pure OA journals: there is a 15% discount per article for publications in pure OA Journals from De Gruyter. Invoices are billed directly to the authors.
Which journals can researchers of the university publish in?
You can publish open access in 350 De Gruyter hybrid journals. You can find a list of De Gruyter hybrid journals here.
Who can publish open access?
Eligible are authors, who
- are corresponding authors of the article
- are university members with active employment contracts or students of the University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck
- whose articles were accepted by a hybrid journal
- are publishing a primary research article or a review
ATTENTION: It is not permitted to retrospectively change the corresponding author after peer review.
Procedure/Verification Process:
Please indicate your affiliation to the University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck when submitting the article. The verification of authors' affiliation with universities is done through the indication of the institution and the use of the institutional email domain. The affiliation is verified by De Gruyter and the university/University Library. The article is published with a Creative Commons licence.
If you have any questions, please contact
University and State Library of Tyrol | Electronic Resources Department
Lisa Hofer, tel: +43 (0) 512 507 / 25073
Erika Pörnbacher, tel: +43 (0) 512 507 / 25070
email: ulb-emedien@uibk.ac.at