Transformative Agreements
Open Access publication costs are covered by transformation agreements if ...
- the submitting corresponding author is a member of the University of Greifswald
- the research on which the article is based was carried out at the University of Greifswald or the University Medicine Greifswald
- the University of Greifswald or the University Medicine Greifswald is listed as the first affiliation in the publication
Page, colour or other additional charges are not included and will not be funded.
The following conditions apply:
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: Not included, but funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2024–2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: none in the publisher's portfolio
- Contract term: 2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: Not included, but funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2025–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Contract term: 2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Article types: Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Brief Reports and Case Reports
- Laufzeit des Vertrags: 2025–2027
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: 20% APC discount (title list), funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list (marked as “Hybrid” in column D)
- Gold OA journals: 15% APC discount (Cellpress and The Lancet journals: title list, marked as “Cell Press (CP) Gold” or “The Lancet (TL) Gold” in column C) or 20% APC discount (other Gold OA journals: title list, marked as “Core Gold” in colum C). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Article types: Full Length Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, Data in Brief, Microarticle, Original Software Publication, Protocol, Replication Study, Short Communication, Short Survey, Video Article
- Contract term: 2024–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: 25% APC discount (for European Journal of Psychology Open, Sports Psychiatry, Psychological Test Adaptation and Development). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2024–2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list. Page, colour or other additional charges are not included
- Gold OA journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Article types: Primary Research Article (inkl. Research Papers, Special Issue Articles, Letters and Review Articles)
- Contract term: 2026–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: none in the publisher's portfolio
- Contract term: 2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Article types: Research Articles, Systematic Reviews, Case Reports, Meta Analyses and Methods Articles
- Contract term: 2024–2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: part of DEAL Springer Nature
- Contract terms: 2025–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list. Journals with additional page charges are marked in the title list.
- Article types: research article, review article, brief report or case report, not included: articles in supplements
- Gold OA journals: 10% APC discount (see title list). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2025–2027
- Hybrid journals: Open Access publishing at no additional cost in Biochemical Journal, Biochemical Society Transactions, Clinical Science, Essays in Biochemistry
- Gold OA journal: Open Access publishing at no additional cost in Bioscience Reports
- All article types
- Contract term: 2026
- Hybrid journals: Open Access publishing at no additional cost in Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of General Physiology
- Gold OA journals: Not included, but funding may be available from the publication fund if the eligibility criteria are met
- Contract term: 2024–2026
- Hybrid and Gold OA journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Contract term: 2024–2027
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list. Page, Colour or other publication charges are not included (for further information see publisher's website)
- Article types: Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports and Case Reports
- Gold OA journals: 20% APC discount (see title list). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Contract term: 2026–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list (marked as “Hybrid” in column H)
- Article types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Editorial Notes, Book Reviews, Letters, Reports
- Special conditions:
- approximately 70 Springer Nature medical specialist journals (marked in title list in column I) are only included if they are only published open access under the DEAL agreement if they have not been requested and actively editorially managed and are article type “Research Article”
- Nature branded titles not included, see Nature Journals
- Gold OA journals: 20% APC discount (marked in title list as “Fully Open Access” in column H. in some exceptional cases there is no discount, e.g. Scientific Reports and Nature Communications, see column L). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Article types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication
- Contract term: 2024–2028
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the title list
- Gold OA journals: 15% APC discount see title list. Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Article types: Research Articles (Article, Research Article, Review, Review Article, Report, Brief Report, Note, Case Report, Essay, Discussion)
- Contract term: 2024–2026
- Hybrid journals: Open access publishing at no additional cost for peer-reviewed primary research or review articles in journals listed in the Titelliste (marked as HOA in column G)
- Gold OA journals: 20% APC discount (see title list, marked as OA in column G). Funding may be available from the publication fund if the funding criteria are met
- Article types: Primary Research and Review Articles (Case Study, Commentary, Data Article, Education, Lecture, Method and Protocol, Perspective, Practice and Policy, Rapid Publication, Research Article, Review Article, Short Communication and Technical Note)
- Contract term: 2024–2028
contract information, author guides (hybrid journals, Gold OA journals)
Open Access Team of the University Library Greifswald
Service hours:
Monday to Friday 9am–11am
Telephone +49 3834 420 1531
openaccess@uni-greifswald.de
Please note
For articles from a DFG-funded project, the DFG project number must be mentioned in the Funding Acknowledgement (the amount of DFG funding for our OA Publication Fund will be determined by this). More about Acknowledgements and Affiliation
Hybrid vs. Gold – What's the Difference?
In Gold Open Access journals (also Fully Open Access journals) all articles are published in Open Access as soon as they appear. Often a publication fee (APC) is charged for each article.
Hybrid journals, on the other hand, are subscription journals in which only individual articles are published in Open Access against payment of an APC, while the other articles remain behind the paywall. This model has the disadvantage that an institution pays the publisher twice: once for the subscription fee and another time for the APCs for Open Access publications. Publish & Read contracts prevent double payment.
Further information on Open Access publishing can be found here.
