The KITopen repository is the central hub for making scientific articles available worldwide.

-Worldwide connection of Open Access services and database portals

-Automatic check of secondary exploitation options

-Secure assignment of person and media

-Link to ORCID profile

The Publication Fund helps with publication in pure Open Access journals by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs).

-Framework agreements with various publishers to reduce APCs for KIT authors

-Assumption of invoice processing for eligible articles

The academic publisher with high standards of publication processes and best practices in publishing.

- Availablefree of charge and electronically in the KIT Scientific Publishing Shop

-Optimal dissemination of research results

-Customer-oriented services through cooperation

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Under the motto "Who owns our knowledge?", the KIT Library offered a diverse program on scientific publishing during the International Open Access Week.

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Under this motto, KIT Library invites you to the International Open Access Week 2025. From October 20–24, 2025, it will offer interesting lectures and activities.

Das BMFTR-Projekt legt ein Referenzmodell für faire und vielfältige Forschungsbewertung am KIT vor – orientiert an den Prinzipien von DORA.

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Die Toolbox des Verlages KIT Scientific Publishing (KSP) wurde um eine LaTeX-Dokumentvorlage für Proceedingsbände im Format DIN A5 erweitert.

Tanja Oberacker | KIT

The BMFTR project "Diamond Thinking" was successfully completed on schedule in August 2025. KIT Scientific Publishing (KSP) is continuing the publication services developed during the project on a permanent basis.

Juliane Mörsel | KIT

This year's EPICUR Staff Week for library staff took place in Poznań, Poland, at the end of May. It was hosted by the Adam Mickiewicz University Library (AMU).

Strengthening the quality assurance and visibility of Open Access journals through a new partnership.

Tanja Oberacker

On Campus Day / Open Day on May 17, 2025, the KIT Library will offer a special highlight: "OA-poly", a hands-on game on the topic of scientific publishing.

Andrea Schmitt | KIT

Reports from the various thematic groups of the working group and discussions on current developments in the field of Open Access were the focus of the conference in Tübingen.

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On March 26 and 27, 2025, Mathijs Vleugel, the new head of the Helmholtz Open Science Office in Potsdam, visited Karlsruhe.

Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

In 2011, the "Literature Department" of the former Kernreaktor Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft became the Research Services Department of the KIT Library. It offers state-of-the-art research data management in a historical location.

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On January 27, 2025, the KIT Library hosted a lecture by Christoph Bruch from the Helmholtz Open Science Office. The focus was on the question of whether Rights Retention Strategies (RRS) are an effective instrument for the open access transformation.

Christian Elsner, KIT-Bibliothek

Lecture by Christoph Bruch from the Helmholtz Open Science Office.

Monday, January 27, 2025, at 4:00 p.m.

Lecture hall of the KIT Library South

CC BY 4.0 Tanja Oberacker

In the current issue, KITdialog sheds light on the relevance of Diamond Open Access and shows how an independent publication strategy is being developed at KIT.

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The new international journal "Hydrogen Safety" is now live and ready for article submission and reviewer registration.

The DEAL consortium, which negotiated the framework agreements with Wiley, Springer and Elsevier, recommends the use of the Creative Commons license "CC BY" whenever it is available under the motto "OPEN ACCESS MEANS CC BY".

On the occasion of International Open Access Week, we interviewed the editors Professor Thomas Jordan and Dr. Alexei Kotchourko from the Institute of Thermal Energy Engineering and Safety (ITES) of the Diamond Open Access Journal Hydrogen Safety what Open Access means to them.

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To mark the campaign week, we have launched a survey on the topic of Open Access.
So if you spot one of our door hangers or pass by a campaign poster in the next few days, take a few moments and take part!

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KIT Scientific Publishing congratulates Professor Thomas Jordan and Dr. Alexei Kotchourko on the first issue of the Diamond Open Access Journal Hydrogen Safety!

Hydrogen Safety is an international, quality-controlled, English-language journal that publishes research results on hydrogen safety. It fills a gap in the publication of specialist articles on hydrogen safety.

On Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 15:00 - 17:15 Dr. Mamta Dwivedi will give a lecture on scientific publications available free of charge. These are crucial for sustainable and fair access to scientific research.

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KIT Scientific Publishing is expanding its range of services with the new Open Access journals publication service.

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Open Access Week 2024 continues the call for "Community over Commercialization". The aim is to develop approaches to prioritize open science in the interest of the public and the academic community.

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The open-access.network project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is creating a new information and networking service that will activate existing initiatives and create a supra-regional network, as well as sustainably improving the exchange within the scientific community on Open Access.

Here, Open Access is explained in concrete terms and details are provided.

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KIT promotes Open Access publishing by its scientists by paying publication fees.

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This week the doors of the KIT library opened for the Open Access Staff Week.

CC BY 4.0 Tanja Oberacker

In September 2023, KIT Scientific Publishing (KSP) launched a new service for publishing scientific journals.