Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): With the extension of the ACM consortium, the OA publishing component has been added to the agreement, which will be funded for the next 3 years from the Austrian Transition to Open Access 2 project. This makes it possible to publish OA in all ACM journals, as well as in some proceeding series, without additional costs for corresponding authors from TU Graz. There is no numerical limit on the number of articles.
American Chemical Society (ACS): The entire consortium is granted a quota of articles that can be published under the OA agreement.
American Institute of Physics (AIP): TU Graz receives an annual quota of articles that can be published under the OA agreement Open Access in six AIP journals under the agreement (2024: 12 articles; 2025: 13 articles; 2026: 14 articles). Reading rights exist for eight journals.
BioMed Central (BMC) /Springer Open: As a member of BioMed Central (BMC), the library of TU Graz has been enjoying reduced publication fees for gold open access articles in BioMed Central and Springer Open journals since 2005. For corresponding authors who belong to TU Graz, the APCs of up to 2,500 euros will be covered by the library and paid from the OA publication fund (maximum 3 article per corresponding author and year).
Electrochemical Society (ECS): The publication of the journals was taken over by IOP Science in 2020, and access is possible via the IOP Science platform.
Elsevier - Austrian Institutions Agreement Elsevier and TU Graz, along with other Austrian institutions, have signed an agreement to provide researchers with continuous reading access and open access publishing. Corresponding authors can publish open access in over 1,800 hybrid journals and over 700 gold journals (as of May 2024) without additional costs.
Emerald (2023 bis 2025): As an extension of the consortium agreement since 2017, licensing of Emerald content is combined with the possibility for authors of participating institutions to publish Open Access in them at no extra cost.
Frontiers:On December 20, 2017, a groundbreaking open access agreement was signed in Vienna between the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the University of Vienna, and the publisher Frontiers. Since January 1, 2018, Austrian researchers from these institutions have been able to publish their articles in Frontiers' open access journals through a simplified workflow and institutional cost management. The agreement allows participating Austrian institutions to benefit from national discounts and centralized billing, as well as transparent and comprehensive reporting on spending and research results at the institutional and national levels.
The national agreement is open to all Austrian academic research and research funding organizations. All new signatories benefit from the same conditions, regardless of the size of the institution and research performance. The agreement is publicly accessible via the following link.
The Technical University of Graz joined the agreement in February 2018.
Authors from TU Graz are relieved of administrative work through a centralized billing process (handled through TU Graz's Open Access Publication Fund) and can easily publish in the publisher's nearly 170 journals (as of August 2022). In addition, TU Graz benefits from the national discount for open access publication fees established in the agreement. The APCs of accepted articles from TU Graz authors are paid up to 2,500 euros from the publication fund, if possible. Billing is done directly with the library.
IEEE: As part of a consortium agreement with IEEE, publishing gold OA as well as hybrid publications in IEEE journals is ensured for corresponding authors of TU Graz without additional costs. The entire consortium has a quota of 378 articles for the duration of the contract. Proceedings are excluded from this agreement. An ORCID ID is necessary for publication with IEEE. (You can generate one using this link.) Additionally, members of TU Graz have access to the IEEE Electronic Library (IEL).
Institute of Physics (since 2014): As an extension of the consortium agreement, all members of TU Graz have the opportunity to publish Open Access with IOP. Affiliation is verified by the publisher and confirmed by TU Graz.
IWA: Since January 1st, 2019, the Graz University of Technology has entered into a combined open access publication and subscription agreement with the International Water Association (IWA) (Read and Publish). This agreement enables members of the Graz University of Technology (scientists and students of Graz University of Technology) to access the journals published by IWA. In addition, all corresponding authors from Graz University of Technology have the opportunity to publish unlimited open access in IWA journals without incurring any costs.
MDPI – Open Access Publishing: In 2019, TU Graz became an institutional member of the newly established consortium, which resulted in a 20% reduction in APCs. Since September 2022, it is again possible to claim additional discounts (e.g. author vouchers). If possible, APCs of accepted articles from TU Graz authors will be paid up to 2,500 euros from the publication fund. The settlement is done directly with the library.
Oxford University Press (OUP): Starting from 2023, TU Graz has signed a consortium agreement with other institutions. This includes access to journals dating back to 1996 and the possibility for members of TU Graz to publish with OUP Open Access at no additional cost.
The Royal Society: TU Graz has signed a membership agreement with The Royal Society, which grants all TU Graz authors a 25% discount on the publication fees of open access articles. If applicable, the publication costs can be covered by the OA publication fund of TU Graz.
An ORCID ID is required for a publication with The Royal Society. (One can be generated here.)
If the article is suitable, the OA publication will be automatically deposited in PubMed by The Royal Society.
Hybrid OA journals:
Gold Open Access Journals:
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The publication fund of TU Graz cannot be used for Proceedings articles!
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): In 2017, the TU Graz joined the Austrian RSC Consortium, thus enabling the publication of accepted articles in subscription journals on the publisher platform Open Access. The identification is done directly by the publisher. When submitting, the e-mail address of the TU Graz should be used. If there are any problems, please send an e-mail to the TU Graz Open Access team: openaccess.bibliothek. @tugraz.at
International Society for Optics and Photonics: TU Graz has had a Read and Publish agreement with SPIE since August 2024. This agreement enables members of TU Graz to access the electronic versions of 16 journals and proceedings, and to publish Open Access in 15 journals without any additional cost.
Springer compact: 41 scientific institutions, including TU Graz, together with FWF and Springer, signed the Springer Compact contract for 2019-2021. This was extended until 2023. With just one contract, access to electronic Springer journals is granted, and open access publishing in the publisher's Open Choice journals is enabled.
Taylor & Francis: As a member of the Taylor & Francis Offsetting Consortium, corresponding authors from TU Graz can publish in hybrid and Gold OA journals in Open Access. Participation in the consortium grants a 30% discount on all APCs.
The publisher's recognition is based on the institutional email address and is confirmed by TU Graz.
Wiley: With the conclusion of a consortium agreement with Wiley, corresponding authors affiliated with TU Graz can publish open access articles in hybrid journals without additional costs. This is clearly indicated during the submission process.