Section 5.1 - Library and Information Services (LIS) was able to successfully acquire funds to support genuine Open Access publications as part of the DFG funding program "Open Access Publication Funding". These funds will be used to drive the transformation towards an open approach to handling scientific publications. In the period 2022-2024, GFZ scientists will be able to benefit from more financial support for publishing in genuine Open Access journals through the Open Access budget than was previously the case.
Publications in genuine Open Access journals that can only be financed from section budget funds can be supported from this OA budget with a maximum of 1300 EUR. The remaining amount must be financed from section funds.
The following conditions formulated by the DFG must be met:
- GFZ employee must be "submitting author" or "corresponding author".
- The quality of the journal must be ensured by approved quality procedures.
- The journal should be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
- If the publication is published by a commercial publisher, the publisher should be a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and meet its criteria.
- It is recommended to publish articles under the liberal CC BY license.
An overview of agreements with individual Open Access publishers, as well as Open Access publishing as part of the DEAL project, can be found on our library website https://bib.telegrafenberg.de/en/publishing/publication-fees
Detailed information for GFZ staff on the coverage of publication costs and the budget for Open Access publications can be found on the intranet at: http://intranet.gfz-potsdam.de/en/topics/publishing/publication-fees/
