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 2023.

List of eligible titles

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

In Cambridge journals 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.

It is necessary 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.

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The Publish and Read agreement with De Gruyter provides access to the journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) package as well as advantages in publishing in open access. As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from those advantages if you are the corresponding author of an article.

Hybrid open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you can publish in open access in a number of journals (PDF, 127 KB) of the HSS package without any further costs under the following conditions:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time when your article is accepted for publishing.
• You are the corresponding author of the article.
• The article is accepted for publication between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024.
• The article is one of the following article types: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication, Continuing Education, Case Report.

Gold open access

As a researcher at the University of Mannheim, you receive a 20 percent discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) in open access journals published by De Gruyter. This applies to articles accepted for publication between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024, if you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim at the time of acceptance for publication and if you are the corresponding author of this article.

For publication in genuine open access journals, you can additionally apply for funding from the Open Access Publication 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 2023.

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 Hogrefe Publish and Read agreement, researchers at the University of Mannheim can directly publish open access articles in all current psychology-specific journals (PsyJOURNALS) of the publisher that are available online, without having to pay. This applies if you are corresponding author” and your article is published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.

If you want to use this publication option, please complete the form for open access publication release and select the corresponding license. The publisher Hogrefe will send you the form, when your article is accepted. We recommend to choose the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) without any restrictions. This license meets the conditions of most research funders.

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

Under the Hogrefe publish and read agreement, you receive direct reading access to all current psychology-specific journals of the publisher (PsyJOURNALS) as well as the psychology-specific journals available in the archive.

Gold open access

When publishing in the genuine open access journals “European Journal of Psychology Open”, “Psychological Test Adaptation and Development” and “Sports Psychiatry”, researchers of the University of Mannheim benefit from a 25 percent reduction on the Article Processing Charge (APC). This applies to articles accepted until 31 December 2023, if you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim when the article is accepted, and you are the “corresponding author” of the article.

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

In addition to access to the portfolio of around 70 journals (XLSM, 18 KB), the Publish and Read agreement with the publisher Karger offers benefits for open access publications. As a researcher of the University of Mannheim, you can benefit from these advantages, if you are the “corresponding author” of an article.

Hybrid open access

As a researcher of the University of Mannheim, you are eligible to publish open access in Springer Nature's hybrid journals with the option “open choice”. Additional costs are not incurred:

• You must be affiliated with the University of Mannheim when your article is accepted.
• You are “corresponding author” of the article.
• The article is accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
• The article must fall into the categories Research Articles, Systematic Reviews, Meta Analyses, Methods Articles or Case Reports.

Gold open access

When publishing in a genuine open access journal of the publisher Karger, researchers of the University of Mannheim benefit from a 15 percent reduction on the Article Processing Charge (APC). This applies to articles accepted for publication between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023, if you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim when the article is accepted, and you are the “corresponding author” of the article.

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.

In addition to access to SAGE journals from Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), the Publish and Read agreement with the publisher SAGE offers benefits for open access publications. As a researcher of the University of Mannheim you can benefit from these advantages, if you are the “corresponding author” of an article.

SAGE Choice

As researcher of the University of Mannheim, you can publish in hybrid journals of the publisher SAGE with the option “SAGE Choice” without having to pay additional costs.

Requirements:

• You must be affiliated with the University of Mannheim when your article is accepted.
• You are “corresponding author” of the article.
• The article is accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023.
• The article must fall into the category 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.

In order to use this open access publication option, please go to the SAGE Open Access Portal and confirm that you want to publish your article open access, select the corresponding license and enter the University of Mannheim under „predetermined funding agency or institution“ in the section with 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

When publishing in a genuine open access journal, researchers of the University of Mannheim benefit from a 20 percent reduction on the Article Processing Charge (APC). This applies to articles accepted between 1 January 2021 and 31 December, 2023, if you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim when the article is accepted, and you are the “corresponding author” of the article.

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 not only provides access to around 1,900 Springer journals but also offers advantages when it comes to open access publishing. As a researcher of the University of Mannheim you can benefit from these advantages, if you are the “corresponding author” of an article.

Open choice

As a researcher of the University of Mannheim, you are eligible to publish open access in Springer Nature's hybrid journals with the option “open choice”. Additional costs are not incurred.

Requirements:

• You are affiliated with the University of Mannheim and this affiliation is clearly stated in the manuscript to be published.
• You are “corresponding author” of the article.
• The article is published online between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2023 (“online publication date”).
• The article belongs to one of the following categories: Original paper, review paper, brief communication, editorial notes, book reviews, letters and reports.

To use this option for open access publishing, wait for the article to be accepted. In the publisher’s work flow, please choose the option “open choice” and confirm that you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim.

Gold open access

When publishing in a genuine open access journal of BMC and SpringerOpen, researchers of the University of Mannheim benefit from a 20 percent reduction on the Article Processing Charge (APC). This applies to articles published online between 1 August 2020 and 31 December 2023, if you are affiliated with the University of Mannheim when the article is accepted, and you are the “corresponding author” of the article.

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.

Further information

Springer Nature Open Access Agreement for Germany

List of journals (XLSX, 209 KB)

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Researchers of the University of Mannheim who are „corresponding author“ of an article benefit from a 5 percent reduction on the Article Processing Charge (APC). For the remaining costs, you can apply for a grant from the central Open Access Publishing Fund.

List of Frontiers journals

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.