Publishing and Open Access

Under the ACM OPEN agreement with the publisher Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), researchers of the University of Mannheim can publish their articles directly as open access publications in hybrid journals and proceedings of the publisher, without having to pay for it. This applies if you are “corresponding author” and your article is published between 1 March 2021 and 31 December 2024.

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In addition, you get full reading access to the ACM Digital Library under the agreement.

In Cambridge journals (gold or hybrid) where the open access publication is covered by the Publish and Read license, researchers of the University of Mannheim can publish open access articles. Additional costs are not incurred. This applies if you are “corresponding author” and your article is published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024.

For this to complete the usual steps to place an article in a journal. Once your article is accepted by Cambridge University Press, fill in the “open access license to publish” form.

Step-by-step guide

1. Manuscript preparation
2. Manuscript submission
   • Click “Submit your article” on your chosen journal’s homepage
   • Submit the article via “Start New Submission”
3. Manuscript Review
4. Publication decision
   • Your manuscript is accepted for publication.
   • Enter the data of the accepted publication in MADOC.
   • Select the appropriate PDF file in the author publishing agreement under the “Open Access Articles” option and specify the Creative Commons license you wish for publishing your article. We recommend to select the CC BY license without further restrictions, as it is compliant with the requirements of many research funders.
5. Payment and production process
   • You will receive an e-mail from RightsLink confirming that the article processing charges (APC) will be paid by your institution as part of the publish-and-read agreement.
6. Article publication
   • Your article is published as open access.

The Publish and Read agreement with the publisher De Gruyter provides access to journals in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) and Economics as well as the advantages of publishing in open access. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this under following conditions:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time of acceptance.
• You are responsible for the article as “corresponding author”.
• The article will be accepted for publication between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2024.

Hybrid open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can publish in open access in a large number of journals (PDF, 127 KB) without any further costs under the following conditions under above-mentioned conditions.

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim you will receive, under the above-mentioned conditions, a 20 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in genuine open access journals published by De Gruyter.

For publication in genuine open access journals, you can additionally apply for funding from the Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Mannheim.

The DEAL agreement with Elsevier not only provides access to over 2,500 Elsevier journals (including the Lancet and Cell Press titles) but also offers advantages with open access publishing. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this under following requirements:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim and your affiliation with the University of Mannheim is clearly stated in the manuscript to be published.
• You are responsible for the article as “submitting corresponding author”.
• Your article is of a peer-reviewed type.
• The article has been accepted for publication between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2028.

Hybrid open access (Core Hybrid)

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you are eligible to publish in open access in around 1,800 hybrid journals published by Elsevier (including Cell Press and The Lancet) under the above conditions at no additional cost.

Gold Open Access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim and under the above conditions, you will also receive discounts on the publication fee (APC) when publishing in around 700 pure Open access journals: 20 percent discount for Elsevier Fully Gold Open access journals and 15 percent discount for Fully Gold Cell Press and The Lancet journals.

If you publish in a genuine open access journal, you can apply for additional funding from the Open access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

Under the Publish and Read agreement with Emerald, researchers of the University of Mannheim can publish in open access in both hybrid and pure (gold) open access journals of the publisher as well as on the Emerald Open Research platform, without having to pay for it. This applies if you are “corresponding author” and your article is accepted for publication between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025.

By using the university e-mail address in the submission process, you will be identified as eligible and receive a voucher for the OA publication.

Further information

Emerald Publishing open access publishing agreements

Under the consortium agreement with the publisher Frontiers, researchers of the University of Mannheim can publish in all journals of the publisher, without having to pay for it. This applies if you are “corresponding author” and your article is accepted for publication between 1 April 2024 and 31 December 2025.

For this you need to select during the submission process University of Mannheim as your institution.

An application for transfer from the Open Access Publication Fund is not necessary for the period of the consortium agreement.

List of Frontiers Journals

Under the Hogrefe Publish and Read agreement, you can, as a researcher at the University of Mannheim, publish directly in open access in the publisher's current online psychological journals (PsyJOURNALS) at no additional costs. This applies if you are responsible for the article as “corresponding author” and it is published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2026.

To use this publication option, fill out the open access release form and select the appropriate license. The form will be sent to you by Hogrefe Verlag upon acceptance of the article. We recommend the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) without further restrictions, as it complies with the requirements of many research funders.

List of titles that are covered by the agreement and the most important information for submitting manuscripts

In addition, the Hogrefe Publish and Read agreement gives you direct read access to all of the publisher's current and archived psychological journals (PsyJOURNALS).

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you receive a 25 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in the genuine open access journals. This applies to articles that are published by December 31, 2026, and you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim.

If you publish in these journals, you can apply for additional funding from the Open Access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

The Publish and Read agreement with the publisher Karger offers you beside access to the publisher's portfolio of around 70 journals, also advantages when publishing in open access. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this for your new articles under following conditions:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time of acceptance.
• You are responsible for the article as “corresponding author”.
• The article will be accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2026.

Hybrid open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can publish open access in hybrid journals published by Karger under the above-mentioned conditions at no additional cost.

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you will receive a 15 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in genuine (gold) open access journals published by Karger under the above conditions.

If you publish in a genuine open access journal, you can apply for additional funding from the Open Access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

Under the consortium agreement with the publisher PLOS (Public Library of Science), researchers of the University of Mannheim can publish in all journals of the publisher, without having to pay for it. This applies if you are “corresponding author” and your article is accepted for publication between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2024.

During the submission process in the Editorial Manager workflow, you need to select the “PLOS Institutional Account Program” and then the University of Mannheim. In the workflow via CCC RightsLink, the cost transfer should be detected automatically. Check at the end if the quoted fee is 0.

An application for transfer from the Open Access Publication Fund is not necessary for the period of the consortium agreement.

The Publish and Read agreement with the publisher SAGE not only gives you access to SAGE journals from the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), but also discounts on open access publishing. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this under following conditions:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time of acceptance.
• You are responsible for the article as “corresponding author”.
• The article is accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025.

SAGE Choice

In hybrid journals of the publisher SAGE with the option “SAGE Choice” you can publish as a scientist of the University of Mannheim in Open access without further costs under the above mentioned conditions. The article must be of the type Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports or Case Reports. A few subscription journals that do not offer hybrid publication offers are exempt from this agreement.

To use this option, confirm in the SAGE Open Access Portal that you would like to publish your publication open access, select the appropriate license and enter the University of Mannheim under “predetermined funding agency or institution” in the Bill Payer option.

We recommend to choose the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). This license meets the conditions of most research funders.

List of journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences Package

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you will receive a 20 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in genuine open access journals published by SAGE under the above conditions.

List of SAGE Gold Open Access Journals

If you publish in a genuine open access journal, you can apply for additional funding from the Open Access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

The DEAL agreement with Springer Nature provides access to over 2,800 Springer journals as well as offers discounts on open access publishing. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this if you fulfill the following requirements:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim and your affiliation with the University of Mannheim is clearly stated in the manuscript to be published.
• You are responsible for the article as “corresponding author”.
• The article has been accepted for publication between 2020 and 31 December 2028.

Open Choice

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can publish in the hybrid journals of Springer Nature with the “Open Choice” option under the above-mentioned conditions in open access at no additional cost. To do this, select the “Open Choice” option in the publisher's workflow after the article has been accepted and then confirm your affiliation with the University of Mannheim.

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you will receive a 20 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in over 500 pure open access journals from BMC and SpringerOpen under the above conditions.

If you publish in a genuine open access journal, you can apply for additional funding from the Open Access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

The Publish and Read agreement with the publisher Taylor & Francis offers you beside access to the publisher's portfolio of journals also advantages when publishing in open access. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from this for your new articles under following conditions:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time of acceptance.
• You are responsible for the article as “submitting corresponding author”.
• The article is accepted between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2026.

• The article belongs to the type: Article, Research Article, Review, Review Article, Report, Brief Report, Note, Case Report, Essay, Discussion

Open Select

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can publish open access in over 2,000 hybrid journals published by Taylor & Francis (Open Select Journals) under the above-mentioned conditions at no additional cost.

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you will receive a 15 percent discount on the publication fee (APC) in genuine open access journals (Open Journals) published by Taylor & Francis under the above conditions.

If you publish in a genuine open access journal, you can apply for additional funding from the Open access Publishing Fund of the University of Mannheim.

The University of Mannheim joined the ORCID Germany consortium in 2018.

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Schallaböck, Jan/Grafenstein, Max von, ORCID aus datenschutzrechtlicher Sicht. Gutachten im Auftrag des von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) geförderten Projektes ORCID DE zur Förderung der Open Researcher and Contributor ID in Deutschland, Berlin 2017.