Open Access

Open access stands for the unrestricted access to scientific information on the Internet. With its Open Access Policy, the TUM invites all researches at the Technical University of Munich to publish their results open access and supports them with a publishing fund, consultation services and mediaTUM as its self-archiving platform.

Overview

Consultation Service

Predatory Journals & Conferences

Open Access Strategy

Licences

Funding: Publishing Fund & Discounts

FAQ

Secondary Publication, Self-Archiving

Consultation Service

Our Open Access Team will be happy to consult you on the different options of open access publishing. We advise you on:

Gold Open Access, i.e. the primary publication of your work in an open access journal, possibly financed by the TUM publication fund
Green Open Access, the secondary publication of a paper already published by an commercial Publisher on mediaTUM, the TUM institutional repository
Publication within the framework of memberships, initiatives or DEAL agreements or by taking advantage of publisher discounts
Publication in pure open access journals or hybrid journals
Assessing the integrity of publishers, recognition of predatory journals and confernces

Open Access Strategy

The TUM Board of Management adopted an Open Access Policy to encourage all researchers at TUM to publish their scientific findings and research results in the spirit of the open access movement. It has also signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.
More on the open access strategy at TUM

Funding: Publishing Fund & Discounts

Are you planning to publish in an open access journal? Then, the TUM Publishing Fund might cover your publishing fees under certain eligibility conditions. If cost coverage through the fund is not possible, you can benefit from author fee discounts, which TUM members obtain from certain publishers, or you can publish your article within the framework of memberships, initiatives, or DEAL agreements.

Secondary Publication, Self-Archiving

Do you want to make your publication which is already published in a licence-based journal freely available? The TUM's mediaTUM server offers you a platform for your secondary publication. Due to agreements between the TUM and publishers you can benefit from special conditions for self-archiving.

Predatory Journals & Conferences

Presentations at renowned conferences and publications in recognized journals are the currency of science. For you as a scientist it is crucial to make your research visible and to publish your findings. This is what dubious conference organizers and publishers try to exploit with fraudulent offers. Our checklists and consulting services will help you to assess the respectability of journals and conferences.

Licences

Are you looking for a suitable licence for publishing your works or providing research data and software? The University Library's handout on the publication of research data and software programs provides you an overview of Creative Commons licences and the most common Open Source software licences.

FAQ

In our FAQ section, we offer answers to questions about open access publishing and financing options through the TUM Publishing Fund. If you have any further questions, our Open Access Team will be happy to help you.