To facilitate operations, TU Wien Bibliothek has set up individual accounts for open access journals based on agreements with selected publishing houses. If an article is submitted to these journals, the library is informed by the publishing house and contacts the corresponding author. If the subsidy criteria are fulfilled, the costs are paid from the publication fund. There is no need for authors to apply separately to the publication fund.

Funding requirements

  • The submitting/corresponding author is a member of TU Wien and is responsible for payment of the publication fee. If there are several corresponding authors, the TU Wien corresponding author has to be the submitting author.
  • The article appears in an open access journal listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), that applies rigorous quality control procedures (peer review) recognised by the respective faculty. The article is freely accessible as soon as it is published. Paying article processing charges for articles in subscription journals (hybrid open access) is not supported. Exception: see TU Wien Bibliothek publishing agreements with open access components
  • Publication costs are not already covered by external funds or funded projects (e.g. FWF, ERC).
  • The publication fee for the article does not exceed EUR 2000. Higher costs can be assumed in individual cases.
  • Publication is subject to an open licence, for instance in the form of a Creative Commons licence. The journal must apply open licences and display them correctly.
  • Financing by TU Wien Bibliothek must be mentioned in the acknowledgements. We would recommend the following wording: "The authors acknowledge TU Wien Bibliothek for financial support through its Open Access Funding Programme."

Publishers

↓ BioMed Central (BMC)

↓ Elsevier

↓ de Gruyter

↓ , opens an external URL Frontiers

↓ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

↓ , opens an external URL Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

↓ , opens an external URL SciPost

↓ , opens an external URL SpringerOpen

BioMed Central (BMC)

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

article acceptance

Workflow

Submitting from within TU Wien's IP range:

  1. The corresponding author confirms the automatically recognised TU Wien institutional affiliation.
  2. The publisher informs the Library, which will check whether the corresponding author meets the requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.

Submitting from outside TU Wien's IP range:

  1. The corresponding author selects "I believe that I am covered by a BMC / SpringerOpen Membership Account and wish to request institutional payment or discount (as applicable)."  and then selects TU Wien as the affiliation from the dropdown list.
  2. The publisher informs the Library, which will check whether the corresponding author meets the requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

BioMed Central, opens an external URL in a new window

BioMed Central submission guidelines, opens an external URL in a new window

Elsevier

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

submission

Workflow
  1. During the submission process, the corresponding author enters TU Wien as their affiliation.
  2. After the paper has been accepted for publication, TU Wien Bibliothek is informed by the publisher and will check with the corresponding author whether the article meets the funding requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

Elsevier, opens an external URL in a new window

de Gruyter

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

Acceptance

Workflow
  1. During the submission process, the corresponding author enters TU Wien as their affiliation.
  2. After article acceptance, the corresponding author selects TU Wien as paying institution in the rightslink account of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).
  3. TU Wien Bibliothek is informed by the publisher and will contact the corresponding author if any questions arise.
  4. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  5. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

De Gruyter, opens an external URL in a new window

Information on the De Gruyter agreement, opens an external URL in a new window

De Gruyter list of titles (PDF), opens a file in a new window

Note
  • Use your TU Wien email address during submission and for any communication with the publisher.
  • If the submitted article does not meet the funding requirements, you will receive an invoice with a 15 % discount.

Frontiers

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

submission

Workflow
  1. During the submission process, the corresponding author enters TU Wien as the paying institution.
  2. TU Wien Bibliothek is informed by the publisher and will contact the corresponding author if any questions arise.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

Frontiers, opens an external URL in a new window

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

acceptance

Workflow
  1. During submission, select TU Wien as your affiliation. Use your TU Wien email address.
  2. After the paper has been accepted for publication, the  publisher will inform TU Wien Bibliothek. The library will contact the corresponding author concerning the funding requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

IEEE Xplore, opens an external URL in a new window

Note

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

submission

Workflow
  1. During the submission process, the corresponding author enters TU Wien as the paying institution at the section "Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)".
  2. TU Wien Bibliothek is informed by the publisher and will contact the corresponding author if any questions arise. If funded by the library, the publisher completes the acknowledgement accordingly.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

MDPI, opens an external URL in a new window

SciPost

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

submission

Workflow

TU Wien Bibliothek supports the open access publication portal SciPost, no publication charges are payable by authors.

Link

SciPost, opens an external URL in a new window

SpringerOpen

Membership of TU Wien required

corresponding author

Compliance with funding requirements is checked on

submission

Workflow

Submitting from within TU Wien's IP range:

  1. The corresponding author confirms the automatically recognised TU Wien institutional affiliation.
  2. The publisher informs the Library, which will check whether the corresponding author meets the requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.

Submitting from outside TU Wien's IP range:

  1. The corresponding author selects "I believe that I am covered by a BMC / SpringerOpen Membership Account and wish to request institutional payment or discount (as applicable)."  and then selects TU Wien as the affiliation from the dropdown list.
  2. The publisher informs the Library, which will check whether the corresponding author meets the requirements.
  3. The corresponding author will be informed about the decision to cover the open access costs.
  4. Billing takes place directly between the library and the publisher.
Link

SpringerOpen, opens an external URL in a new window

Springer Open submission guidelines, opens an external URL in a new window