Open Access Memberships & Initiatives

Overview

American Institute of Physics (AIP) (2021-2023)

IOP (2022-2024)

Cambridge University Press (2022-2024)

Microbiology Society (2022-2024)

Cogitatio (ab 2023)

Sage (2021-2023)

Company of Biologists (2022-2024)

SciPost

De Gruyter – Economics Journals (2023-2024)

Springer Nature (2020-2023)

Electrochemical Society – ECS Plus (2018-2023)

Wiley (2019-2023)

Emerald (2023-2024)

Open APC

IEEE (2023-2024)

American Institute of Physics (AIP) (2021-2023)

As a corresponding author at TUM, you are entitled to publish your scientific articles in AIP subscription journals as Open Access. There are no costs involved for you personally – unless you agree with the publisher on certain additional services, for which the publisher will invoice you directly.

AIP Publishing's Gold Open Access journals are not included in this contract.

Cambridge University Press (2022-2024)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in a national "Read and Publish" consortium with Cambridge University Press (CUP). Therefore, corresponding authors of TUM are entitled to publish their articles as Open Access in almost all Hybrid or Gold Open Access journals of Cambridge University Press.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading access
Anyone authorized to use TUM's electronic media is entitled to access current journals of Cambridge University Press.
Unlimited Open Access
Any article published in CUP journals from 2022 onwards will be published Open Access by default when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM. There are no costs involved for you personally – unless you agree with the publisher on certain additional services, for which Cambridge University Press will invoice you directly.

Indicate your affiliation with TUM
In order to ensure that all publications can be clearly assigned to the Technical University of Munich, it is important that all TUM authors use the binding, standardised university affiliation. Please observe the requirements of the TUM Publication Guidelines for all your publication projects.

Further information
List of eligible journals
Author instructions on the CUP website

Cogitatio (ab 2023)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in Cogitatio‘s Institutional Membership Programme. Therefore, corresponding authors of TUM are entitled to publish their articles Open Access in all journals from Cogitatio. Authors do not incur any costs for the Open Access publication.

Indicate your affiliation with TUM
In order to ensure that all publications can be clearly assigned to the Technical University of Munich, it is important that all TUM authors use their TUM email address and the binding, standardised university affiliation. Please observe the requirements of the TUM Publication Guidelines for all your publication projects.

Company of Biologists (2022-2024)

The Read and Publish Agreement of the Company of Biologists allows researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles and provides unrestricted access to the Company’s journal portfolio.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading Access
Anyone authorised to use the TUM's electronic media can access the entire journal archive of the Company of Biologists back to 1852.
Unlimited Open Access
Any article published in Company of Biologists journals from 2022 onwards will be published Open Access by default when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM.

Further information
As the Publish and Read Agreement does not include a cap on the number of publications by TUM authors, you do not need to complete the Open Access funding request form or submit an invoice to the TUM Open Access Publication Fund when publishing. For more information, please visit the Company of Biologists' website or contact our Open Access Team at open-access@ub.tum.de.

De Gruyter – Economics Journals (2023-2024)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in a national consortium with the publisher De Gruyter, which includes free Open Access publishing in 29 economics journals from De Gruyter.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading Access
Anyone authorized to use TUM's electronic media can access the publisher's 37 journals with a focus on economics.
Open Access Publishing
Articles accepted in De Gruyter journals during the agreement period will be published Open Access when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM. Authors do not incur any costs for the Open Access publication.

Indicate your affiliation with TUM
In order to ensure that all publications can be clearly assigned to the Technical University of Munich, it is important that all TUM authors use their TUM email address and the binding, standardised university affiliation. Please observe the requirements of the TUM Publication Guidelines for all your publication projects.

Electrochemical Society – ECS Plus (2018-2023)

We participate in ECS Plus, a Consortium of the Electrochemical Society (ECS). Therefore members of the TUM are entitled to publish their articles open access in journals of the Electrochemical Society – free of charge and without limitation on the number of articles. This applies to both correspoinding authors and co-authors.

And this is how you proceed:

Use the ECS online workflow to submit your article:
First select the option for open access publishing,
the select "ECS Plus"
and enter "Technische Universität München (TUM)" in the box "Your University".
Finally, select the Creative Commons License "CC BY".

Instructions on the ECS Online Workflow

Emerald (2023-2024)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in a national "Read and Publish" consortium with the publisher Emerald. Therefore, corresponding authors of TUM are entitled to publish their articles Open Access in all Hybrid and Gold Open Access journals from Emerald.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading Access
Anyone authorized to use TUM's electronic media is entitled to access the entire portfolio of journals from Emerald.
Unlimited Open Access Publishing
Any article accepted in Emerald journals during the agreement period will be published Open Access by default when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM. Authors do not incur any costs for the Open Access publication.

Indicate your affiliation with TUM
In order to ensure that all publications can be clearly assigned to the Technical University of Munich, it is important that all TUM authors use their TUM email address and the binding, standardised university affiliation. Please observe the requirements of the TUM Publication Guidelines for all your publication projects.

IEEE (2023-2024)

During the agreement period, a limited number of 20 articles can be published by corresponding authors of TUM in the Fully Open Access Journals from IEEE (Fully Open Access Topical Journals and IEEE Access) without any costs for the authors. As soon as the article quota is used up, we will provide information here.

IOP (2022-2024)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in a national "Read and Publish" consortium with IOP Publishing (IOP).Therefore, corresponding authors of TUM are entitled to publish their articles Open Access in almost all hybrid and gold Open Access journals of IOP.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading Access
Anyone authorized to use TUM's electronic media is entitled to access the current journals of IOP.
Unlimited Open Acces
Any article published in IOP journals from 2022 onwards will be published Open Access by default when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM. There are no costs involved for you personally – unless you agree with the publisher on certain additional services, for which IOP will invoice you directly.

Further information
List of eligible journals
Author instructions

Microbiology Society (2022-2024)

The Publish and Read Deal of the Microbiology Society allows researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to publish an unlimited number of Open Access articles (OA) and provides unrestricted access to the Society’s journal portfolio. "Publish and Read" covers all six journals of the Microbiology Society.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading Access
Anyone authorised to use the TUM's electronic media can access the entire journal archive of the Microbiology Society back to 1947.
Unlimited Open Access
Any article published in the Microbiology Society's journals from 2022 onwards will be published Open Access by default when the corresponding author is affiliated with TUM.

Further information
As the Publish and Read Agreement does not include a cap on the number of publications by TUM authors, you do not need to complete the Open Access funding request form or submit an invoice to the TUM Open Access Publication Fund when publishing. For more information, please visit the Microbiology Society website or contact our Open Access Team at open-access@ub.tum.de.

Sage (2021-2023)

The University Library of the Technical University of Munich participates in a national consortium with Sage. Therefore, members of the TUM are entitled to publish their articles open access in the hybrid journals of Sage Publishing without limitation of the number of articles.

For you as a "corresponding author" and member of TUM, there are no costs related to OA publication – unless you agree on certain additional services with the publisher, which Sage will then bill you for directly.

For publications in Gold Open Access Journals from Sage, a discount of 20% on the applicable list price is granted.

SciPost

TUM is a partner of the publication portal SciPost, a platform for Open Access publications. SciPost is run by and for scientists.

The SciPost journals offer TUM scientists another opportunity to publish open access independently of commercial providers. Please note the guidelines for authors.

Springer Nature (2020-2023)

The Technical University of Munich participates in the nationwide DEAL contract with the scientific publisher Springer Nature. The agreement offers scientists at TUM online access to a large part of Springer Nature's journals and new, extended options for publishing their research results open access. This applies to articles published during the contract period.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Reading access
TUM members have permanent access to about 1,900 Springer journals (including Springer Medical, Palgrave, Adis and Macmillan Academic). Not included are Nature journals, magazines (e.g. Scientific American, Spektrum der Wissenschaft) and technical journals (e.g. ATZ, MTZ). However, the University Library offers you access to Nature journals via additional licences.
Hybrid Open Access
As a corresponding author at TUM, you are entitled to publish your scientific articles in Springer subscription journals open access. There are no personal costs for you – unless you agree on certain additional services, for which the publisher will invoice you directly. There are also restrictions for specialist medical journals.
Gold Open Access
As a corresponding author you can also publish in pure open access journals from Springer Nature at no personal costs. In these cases invoices for publication costs in these approx. 600 journals (including BioMed Central journals, Scientific Reports and Nature Communications) are handled centrally by the TUM University Library.

Further Information
Author instructions on the Springer Nature website
List of eligible journals (Excel file, Max Planck Digital Library)

Wiley (2019-2023)

The Technical University of Munich participates in the nationwide DEAL contract with the scientifc publisher Wiley. The agreement offers scientists at TUM online access to all Wiley journals as well as new, extended options to publish research results open access. This applies to articles accepted during the contract period.

The agreement includes the following key points:

Full Reading Access
TUM members have online access to Wiley's complete portfolio of journals. It currently contains around 1,700 journals and full texts of back volumes from 1997 onwards.
Hybrid Open Access
As a respnsible corresponding author (RCA) at TUM you are entitled to publish your scientific articles in Wiley subscription journals open access. There are no personal costs for you – unless you agree on certain additional services, for which the publisher will invoice you directly.
Gold Open Access
As a responsible corresponding author (RCA) you can also publish in pure open access journals from Wiley at no personal costs. In this case invoices for publication costs in these journals are handled centrally by the TUM University Library.

Further Information
Author instructions on the Wiley website
List of eligible journals (Excel file, Max Planck Digital Library)

Open APC

On the platform of the Open APC Initiative, universities and research institutions share their expenditure on open access publication fees, so-called Article Processing Charges (APC), as open data. This makes it possible for the first time to present the funding of open access publications by German research institutions in a transparent and comparable manner.

We also report our expenditures from the TUM Publication Fund annually to the Open APC Initiative.