Open Access Books

• Evidentially emerged from a DFG project
• The author is a member of the University of Greifswald
• Funding is available for previously unpublished Open Access monographs and anthologies that are freely accessible immediately after release.
• Funding of up to EUR 5,000 per title (incl. VAT)
• A professionally recognized quality control procedure
• CC license, CC-BY or CC-BY-SA recommended, CC-BY-ND is also possible
• The publication is published under a permanent address (DOI or URN).
• The affiliation of the author to the University of Greifswald must be evident in the publication.
• The funded publication is also stored in the repository of the University of Greifswald.
• The Open Access publication fees charged by the publisher must be based on a calculation that is transparent and comprehensible for the university.
• Only open access costs are funded, printing costs cannot be funded.

• The author is a member of the University of Greifswald
• Funding is only available for work that has been produced at the University of Greifswald or, in the case of edited volumes, under the editorship of members of the University of Greifswald
• If it is the publication of a dissertation, proof of the grade must be enclosed with the application
• The planned monograph was not the result of a DFG-funded project (see above)
• Funding is available for previously unpublished Open Access monographs and anthologies that are freely accessible immediately after release.
• For scientific quality assurance, a peer review or appraisal process is used that corresponds to the usual standards.
• The publisher should be listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) or a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
• Maximum funding limit: monographs: €5,000 (incl. VAT), articles in anthologies: €2,000 (incl. VAT); can be funded proportionate.
• The publication fee cannot be covered by third-party funds.
• The Open Access publication fees charged by the publisher must be based on a calculation that is transparent and comprehensible for the university.
• Only Open Access costs are funded, printing costs cannot be funded.
• Alternative Open Access publication models (instead of book processing charges) are explicitly welcome and will be given preference when it comes to funding.
• The affiliation of the author to the University of Greifswald must be evident in the publication.
• The publication is published under a permanent address (DOI or URN).
• A reference to the funding must be included in the monograph.
• Sample wording in German: "Die Open-Access-Publikation wurde durch die Universität Greifswald gefördert."
• Wording example in English: "We acknowledge support for the open access publication from the University of Greifswald."
• Academic publications that are published under a Creative Commons license (preferably CC BY) are fundable.
• The funded publication is additionally stored in the repository of the University of Greifswald.

You can submit an application as soon as you have started negotiations with the publisher.

The decision on funding is made by the University of Greifswald's OA steering group, taking into account the funding criteria in the order in which the applications are received. Junior scientists, outstanding engagement in the faculty and the alternative funding models (instead of BPC) will be favored.

After evaluation of your application, you will usually receive an answer within 4 weeks.

Application

Please, provide the following billing details to the publisher:

Universität Greifswald
Universitätsbibliothek
Open Access Team
17487 Greifswald

Foreign invoices also need the VAT identification number of the University of Greifswald (VAT: DE 137 584 813) as well as the VAT number of the publisher. The invoice amount must then be displayed as a net amount.

D. Raufelder & G. Hagenauer (Hrsg.), Soziale Eingebundenheit - Sozialbeziehungen im Fokus von Schule und Lehrer*innenausbildung. Münster : Waxmann, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830992660

Werner, Micha H.: Einführung in die Ethik, Metzler, 2021. ISBN 978-3-476-05293-3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05293-3

Jünger, Jakob: A brief history of APIs. Limitations and opportunities for online research. In: Handbook of Computational Social Science, Volume 2. - Routledge, 2021. S. 17-32. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003025245-3

Szczekalla, Michael: Shakespeare als skeptischer Europäer. - Darmstadt : wbg Academic in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG), 2021. DOI: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-5736

E. Schumacher & E. Kreuzmair: Literatur nach der Digitalisierung. Zeitkonzepte und Gegenwartsdiagnosen. - De Gruyter, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110758603