Open Access - OA
The University of Leoben considers it its social responsibility to promote and support open access publications by its scientists within the scope of its legal possibilities.
Open Access Policy of the University of Leoben published in the newsletter of 09 June 2017 MB082-2016/2017.
What is Open Access?
Open Access refers to free access to scientific literature and other materials on the Internet. A document published under Open Access conditions allows other people to use it free of charge, i.e. permission to read, download, save, link to and print the document. The copyright remains with the author.
Basically, there are two types of Open Access:
The Green Road of Open Access
The green road refers to the parallel or delayed second publication of documents after the first publication in a traditional publisher's publication on an institutional or disciplinary Open Access repository (self-archiving).
If you want to publish in a traditional journal, it is important in the spirit of the green road of Open Access to secure your rights for additional self-archiving (second publication right or second exploitation right) on the MUL repository PURE.
Please check your author contract carefully, as publishers often only allow self-archiving on a document server with restrictions.
An overview of the various provisions can be found in the following directory SHERPA/RoMEO.
The Golden Road of Open Access
The golden path refers to first publication in an open access journal.
Publication in an open access journal is usually associated with the payment of a publication or publication fee, the so-called "Article Processing Charge (APC)".
The publication fee is usually paid by the authors or their institutions.
Rights of use of OA publications are regulated by Creative Commons-Lizenzen (CC-Lizenz).
The MU Leoben has concluded licence agreements with the publishers for online use (reading and downloading articles) for many journals. The contracts have been extended with individual publishers so that OA publishing is possible free of charge for members of the MUL (the APC is paid by the university as part of the licence costs). Please note that these contracts usually do not include all journals of the respective publisher.
An overview of peer-reviewed open access journals is provided by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Free OA publishing for MUL members - inclusive contracts
MU Leoben has contracts with the following publishers that include OA publishing:
Elsevier
Emerald
Sage
Springer
Taylor & Francis
Wiley
The fees for OA publishing - Article Processing Charge (APC) - are included under defined conditions. This means that OA publishing is free of charge for MUL members.
Corresponding authors must be members of the Montanuniversiät Leoben at the time of submitting a publication and use the following contact and email address:
Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Straße 18, 8700 Leoben ... @unileoben.ac.at |
OA publications in journals of other publishers
Publication funding - participation in APC costs - is also granted after validation and financial possibilities.
Elsevier
The Read and Publish contract between Montanuniversität and Elsevier allows MUL authors (corresponding author) to read and publish in over 1900 journals free of charge.
Elsevier - Austrian Institutions Agreement
Included journals
Selectable magazines are listed in these files:
Title list
Find a journal
Authors eligible for funding
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
Hybrid OA: Full Length Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, Data-in-Brief, Microarticles, Original Software Publications, Practice Guidelines, Protocols, Replication Studies, Short Communications, Short Surveys, and Video Articles
Gold OA: Full Length Articles (FLA) and Review Articles (REV)
Selectable licences
CC BY 4.0 (recommended, mandatory for FWF and EU projects), CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - For articles with the licence CC BY-NC-ND, Elsevier requires an exclusive transfer of the commercial exploitation rights of the article!
Attention
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges.
The affiliation to the Montanuniversität is verified by the OA department of MUL in the Elsevier workflow.
Emerald
The Read and Publish contract between Montanuniversität and Emerald allows MUL authors (corresponding author) to read the publisher's journals and publish in them free of charge.
Included journals
Selectable journals are listed in these files:
Title list
Find a journal
Eligible authors
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
All article types, except "Editorial", "Guest Editorial", "Preface" or similar.
Selectable licences
CC BY 4.0 (recommended, mandatory for FWF projects) or other licences possible by agreement between author and publisher.
Attention
Upon submission, authors will be informed of the agreement by Emerald. After acceptance, authors will receive a voucher and a licence agreement.
Author guide
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges
Sage
The Read and Publish agreement between Montanuniversität and Sage allows MUL authors (corresponding author) to read the publisher's journals and publish in them free of charge.
Sage-oa-agreement-Austria
Included journals
Eligible journals are listed in these tables
SAGE STM eligible journals (.XLSX) / (.PDF)
Not included journals:
Title list
Eligible authors
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Short Reports, Case Reports
Selectable licences
Please note
Under payment options select "Open Access" and "yes, make my article open access".
Select the CC licence after the information "no charge to you".
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges
Springer
The Read and Publish agreement between Montanuniversität and Springer allows MUL authors (corresponding author) to read the publisher's journals and publish in them free of charge.
Springer compact
Included journals
Selectable journals are listed in these tables:
Title list
Not included journals:
Nature and BMC
Eligible authors
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
Original Research Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Continuing Education Reports
Selectable licences
Please note
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges
Select the CC licence after the information "no charge to you".
Taylor & Francis
The Read and Publish contract between Montanuniversität and Taylor & Francis enables MUL authors (corresponding author) to read the publisher's journals and publish in them free of charge.
Taylor & Francis_authorservices
Included journals
Selectable journals are listed in these tables:
Title list
Open Cost Finder
Eligible authors
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
Peer reviewed articles
Selectable licences
Attention
Select in the form: "I understand that an APC applies, and I, or my institutional representatives, will coordinate payment." (Costs are borne by the Montanuniversität.)
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges
Wiley
The Read and Publish contract between Montanuniversität and Wiley enables MUL authors (corresponding author) to read the publisher's journals and publish in them free of charge.
Wiley_authorservices
Included journals
Selectable journals are listed in this table:
Title list
Eligible authors
Members of the Montanuniversität Leoben - time of submission / role "submitting corresponding author"
Article types
Case Study, Commentary, Data Article, Education, Lecture, Method and Protocol, Perspective, Practice and Policy, Rapid Publication, Research Article, Review Article, Short Communication, TechnicalNote
Selectable licences
CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND
Please note
When submitting the manuscript, your institution must be selected from the standardised lists stored in the system. When the manuscript is accepted, the author confirms the affiliation to the institution in the author dashboard.
Additional fees are not included. e.g. colour charges