Within the framework of the existing "Read & Publish Agreement" with the publishing house Cambridge University Press, corresponding authors of KIT have the possibility to publish their publications in the more than 380 hybrid and gold OA journals of the publisher without further costs and without a cap on the number of articles in the Open Access model. No separate Article Processing Charges (APCs) are charged for publications in the Gold journals. By default, the publisher grants the CC BY license. The KIT Library recommends KIT authors to stick to this and not to select a license that restricts the reusability of their publication, if this option should be offered in individual cases.

 

When assigning authors to KIT, it is also helpful to use the KIT mail domain when submitting. For details on submission, please refer to the step-by-step instructions (German | English).

In January 2012 the direct processing of APCs for articles in journals by the publisher Copernicus through KIT Library was established.

Since 2015 15% pre-payment discount by the publisher Frontiers is applied to the publication charges due to the institutional membership of the KIT.

Corresponding authors from KIT can publish their articles open access in IOP hybrid journals and the gold open access journals without any additional costs, due to a framework agreement between KIT Library and IOP Publishing. All articles of the type "primary research article" are covered (incl. "research papers", "special issue articles", "letters" and "review articles"). There is no limit to the number of publications as in previous years.

 

The open access costs will be paid entirely through the literature budget of KIT Library. Publishing open access is optional and requires the consent of the corresponding authors. KIT Library will not be reimbursed if authors choose not to publish open access.

 

The following journals charge additional page charges in addition to publication fees:

• Applied Physics Express and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

 

These additional charges are not financed by the literature budget of the KIT Library, but have to be paid by the authors themselves.

 

Please use your email address with the domain @kit.edu during the submission process. The standard license is CC BY 4.0. If you can choose between different open access licences, KIT Library recommends the licence CC-BY.

KIT Scientific Publishing offers a competitive chance to publish books open access.

Since March 2014 KIT Library has been participating in the membership program of the open access publisher MDPI. A 15 % discount is granted for the publication charges.

Open access journals by the Optical Society of America are no longer supported by the KIT Publishing Fund. For more information please click here: https://blog.bibliothek.kit.edu/kit_bib_news/?p=11074

A "direct billing agreement" exists with the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS). The invoices are paid directly by the KIT Library.

Corresponding authors of KIT who publish in the Gold Journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry RSC receive a discount of 15% on the publication fee (Article Processing Charge APC). In addition, the publication fee can be financed up to an amount of currently € 2,000 excl. VAT via the publication fund.

 

The Creative Commons licenses CC BY and CC BY-NC are available. The KIT Library recommends CC BY. In the submission process, corresponding authors are automatically recognized by the publisher via their institutional email address and directed to the "Article Licensing System". Therefore, please use your address of the domain kit.edu.

Corresponding KIT authors receive a 20 % discount on publication fees in the almost 200 genuine Open Access journals of SAGE Publishing. You can apply for financial support of the remaining publication fee by KIT Publication Fund. Please note that the maximum funding sum is 2.000 € (excluding VAT).

Corresponding authors should use their kit.edu email address if possible. That makes it easier for SAGE’s submission system to recognize their affiliation to KIT automatically and apply the 20 % discount. More information on the submission workflow can be found here.

Corresponding authors from KIT receive a 15% discount on publication fees in Science Advances. The "Author’s Workflow" shows the submission process for you.

If you are offered different kinds of CC licences during the submission process, KIT Library recommends the licence CC-BY.

In 2014 KIT became a member of SCOAP³ - a world wide open access initiative which makes publications in the field of high energy physics freely accessible. The publication charges are paid for by KIT.

Corresponding authors that are affiliated with KIT receive a discount on publication charges for articles in genuine Open Access journals (Gold OA) by Biomed Central BMC and SpringerOpen (including “Nature Communications” and “Scientfic Reports”). KIT Publication Fund can cover for these fees according to the Funding Requirements.

If you are offered different kinds of CC licences during the submission process, KIT Library recommends the licence CC-BY. Please use your email address with the domain kit.edu during the submission process. That makes it easier to assign your article to KIT’s DEAL account.

The second component of the DEAL contract with Springer Nature Publishers refers to publications in hybrid journals ("Springer Open Choice"). Corresponding authors that are members of KIT can publish their articles Open Access without any additional costs. Please refer to our website on Publish & Read for further information.

Corresponding authors that are affiliated with KIT receive a discount on publication charges for articles in genuine Open Access journals. KIT Publication Fund can cover for these fees according to the Funding Requirements.

During the submission process please indicate your affiliation to KIT and quote the Account Code D402. Please use your email address with the domain kit.edu during the submission process. That makes it easier to assign your article to KIT’s DEAL account.

If you are offered different kinds of CC licences during the submission process, KIT Library recommends the licence CC-BY.

 

The second component of the DEAL contract with Wiley Publishers refers to publications in hybrid journals ("Wiley OnlineOpen "). Corresponding authors that are members of KIT can publish "Primary Research Articles" und "Review Articles" Open Access without any additional costs. Please refer to our website on Publish & Read for further information.