For Authors
Increase your impact, without having to pay extra.
Thanks to the transformative nationwide DEAL agreements, authors affiliated with more than 1000 DEAL institutions across Germany can publish their articles openly in thousands of high quality, peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines.
Please note: Information on how to publish Open Access under DEAL's Elsevier agreement will be added to this page shortly. Using the terms of the Elsevier agreement requires the active participation of your institution. Contact your local library or open access officer to find out if participation is in the pipeline.
Keep copyright of your article
To make it easy for researchers to publish their articles openly in the peer-reviewed journals of their choice, the Alliance of Science Organizations in Germany formed Projekt DEAL to negotiate nationwide agreements with the scholarly publishers in whose journals authors publish most.
OA without author-facing fees
Choose the Open Access option for your publications in Springer Nature and Wiley journals. For corresponding authors affiliated with a German institution, the OA fees are automatically covered by the DEAL agreements, even if your institution has not yet joined the consortium.
Greater visibility, greater impact
Publishing your article openly amplifies the reach of your research: scientists everywhere will be able to read and cite your work, not just those who can afford costly subscriptions.
Publish with DEAL
Are you affiliated with a German university or research institution (public or private), federal institute, government agency or other scientific institution? Are you the corresponding author of your publication? Then take advantage of the opportunity to publish Open Access in Springer Nature or Wiley journals!
Please note:
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The DEAL Open Access Option is open to all researchers affiliated to one of the more than 1,000 DEAL institutions. It is not necessary for your institution to have formally signed up for the agreements. (The list of DEAL institutions covered by the agreements differs slightly between publishers: see Wiley, Springer Nature).
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If you are unsure whether your employment status entitles you to use the DEAL agreement (e.g. as an emeritus professor), please check with the head of your institution or library.
Learn how costs are covered
The costs of DEAL contracts are covered by the participating institutions in the DEAL consortium, while the publishers' contractual partner is MPDL Services gGmbH, which in turn invoices the participating institutions. Therefore, publishers do not invoice authors or institutions directly. However, you may wish to check with your library or institution to see if there are any internal contributions to be made by scientific authors.
In general, the DEAL funding mechanism for open access publishing in subscription journals (so-called hybrid Open Access) is based on the reallocation of the former collective subscription expenditure of German universities and research institutions. Read more about this on the "Background and objectives" page.
Please note that the DEAL agreements cover the costs of Open Access publishing, but do not cover any print-related services that you may order for your article in the course of publication, e.g. colour charges, page charges, etc.; these are at your own expense.
Get the open access advantage
Through the DEAL agreements, your peer-reviewed articles can be published immediately and universally open access, with no paywall or embargo period, giving you the broadest possible readership and potential impact for your article.
Taking this opportunity to publish your article open access, you will contribute to a growing body of openly available research findings, enabling more profound, expansive and impactful studies, accelerating the process of science, itself, whereby new discoveries are built upon previously established results.
Questions?
Contact DEAL Support here or get in touch with your open access officer or librarian for more information.