The DEAL consortium is committed to concluding contracts with the three major academic publishers Wiley, Springer, and Elsevier throughout Germany. The cornerstones of these contracts are access to the complete journal portfolio of the respective publisher, Open Access to publications by German authors, and pricing based on the publication output of each institution.
New contracts have been signed with Wiley, Springer, and Elsevier for the publication years 2024-2028. The Ruhr University participates in these contracts.
A "paper charge" model was negotiated for the first time for all three contracts. This means that instead of subscription fees in hybrid journals, a Publish & Read fee is charged centrally per article. This so-called PAR fee covers the cost for read access to almost the entire journal portfolio of the publishers and the Open Access publications of RUB articles (corresponding author).
Notice: The costs per article are incurred for every publication for which a RUB author acts as corresponding author, even if the author decides against an Open Access publication. Therefore, do no deselect the Open Access option!
You can download the journal lists here.
Further information can be found here:
At the RUB, costs for articles in hybrid journals in 2024 will be covered cooperatively from central funds of the University Library, from DFG funds and by a share per faculty / UKRUB. Please contact your faculty to find out how funding is organised within the faculty.
For publications in Gold Open Access journals ("Fully OA), the DEAL contracts grant discounts. In addition, if the eligibility criteria of the Publication Fund are met, an application for funding can be made from the RUB Publication Fund. If funding is not possible, the University Library will settle the costs retrospectively, usually via transfers.
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Last update: Feb 28, 2024
