DEAL contracts
LMU Munich participates in the Germany-wide DEAL agreements with the publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley.
General information about the DEAL contracts
DEAL contracts are Germany-wide contracts with the three largest scientific publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley. These contracts give LMU members electronic access to almost all of these publishers' journals and the option to publish research results in open access.
The agreements include:
Read access to hybrid journals from the respective publisher (“Reading”)
Hybrid journals are defined as subscription-based journals, i.e., journals that require a paid subscription, in which individual articles - especially those by authors from institutions that have joined the DEAL contract - are freely accessible as open access publications.
Publishing in hybrid journals (“Publishing”)
Corresponding authors at LMU can publish their research articles in DEAL subscription journals (“hybrid journals”) in open access.
The respective publisher charges LMU a publish-and-read fee (PAR fee) for publishing and reading. This fee is divided among the departments based on the number of publications and offset against the departments' basic allocation (advance deduction). If authors decide against open access publication in individual cases (opt-out), this does not change the costs.
Publishing in gold open access journals
The DEAL contracts enable the publication of scientific articles in the genuine (“gold”) open access journals of the participating publishers. The publishers charge APC (article processing charges) for this, with a discount on the list price being granted under the DEAL contract. Invoicing takes place after publication via the University Library. If the funding requirements for the LMU Open Access Fund are met, the funding amount is automatically included in the invoice.
DEAL agreement with Elsevier
- Read access to hybrid journals ("Reading")
- You have electronic access to virtually the entire Elsevier journal portfolio (including Cell Press and The Lancet Journals, as well as numerous journal imprints from professional societies cooperating with Elsevier). You also have backfile access to the Elsevier journal portfolio from 1997 to 2022.
- Publishing
- Hybrid journals
Starting January 1, 2024, corresponding authors from LMU can publish their research articles in Elsevier's hybrid subscription journals (“Elsevier Core Hybrid Journals”) as well as in the subscription journals of the Cell Press and The Lancet journal families (“CP/TL Hybrid”) as open access under a Creative Commons license. Eligible article types are: full-length articles, review articles, case reports, data in brief, microarticles, original software publications, protocols, replication study, short communications, short surveys, and video article.
Not included in the DEAL agreement are some journals of scientific societies, including, for example, the journals “Blood” or “Blood Advances” of the American Society of Hematology.
Gold open access journals
For publications in fully open-access journals, Elsevier grants all submitting corresponding authors from LMU a 20% discount on publication fees; for gold open-access journals from Cell Press and The Lancet, a 15% discount is granted. - Links
- Information about the DEAL agreement with Elsevier
List of journal titles
DEAL agreement with Springer Nature
- Read access to hybrid journals ("Reading")
- You have electronic access to virtually the entire journal portfolio of Springer Nature (including Springer Medical, Palgrave Macmillan, and Adis; approx. 2,000 hybrid journals).
Hybrid Nature journals, provided they include the term “Nature” in their title (“Nature-branded journals”), are not included in the DEAL agreement but are covered by the Publish & Read agreement for the Nature portfolio.
List of Nature hybrid journals - Publishing
- Hybrid journals
Corresponding authors from LMU can publish their research articles in Springer Nature subscription journals ("hybrid journals") as open access under a Creative Commons license. Articles in most Springer Nature journals are provided under the CC-BY license, with a few also available under CC-BY-NC.
Eligible article types are: Original Paper, Review Paper, Brief Communication (Research Articles), Editorial Notes, Book Reviews, Letters, Reports (Non-Research Articles). Articles in specialist medical journals that were submitted by invitation or are non-research articles are not eligible for DEAL.
Gold open access journals
For publications in fully open-access journals, Springer grants all LMU corresponding authors a 20% discount on publication fees for all Springer Open and BMC titles. No discount is granted for fully open-access journals in the Nature portfolio. - Links
- Information about the DEAL agreement with Springer Nature
List of journal titles
DEAL agreement with Wiley
- Read access to hybrid journals ("Reading")
- You have electronic access to the entire Wiley journal portfolio (approx. 1,300 hybrid journals).
- Publishing
- Hybrid Open Access
Starting July 1, 2019, corresponding authors at LMU can publish their research articles in Wiley's hybrid subscription journals (“hybrid journals”) as open access under a Creative Commons license (“Wiley Online Open”).
Gold Open Access
For publications in fully open-access journals, Wiley offers all LMU responsible corresponding authors a 20% discount on publication fees. - Links
- Information about the DEAL agreement with Wiley
List of journal titles
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