Funding of articles
The following funding conditions apply to Open Access funding for articles as of 01/01/2021:
In accordance with the DFG guidelines, the UL provides an OA publication fund in addition to the regular literature budget.
The aim is to support authors by assuming publication fees (e.g. Article Processing Charges: APCs) in Open Access publications (journals, monographs and compilations).
Katrin Falkenstein-Feldhoff
OA representative
+49 (0) 203 379 1504
Katrin Wibker
University Clinic Essen
+49 (0) 201 723 3330
Dorothee Graf
Funding of monographs
+49 (0) 201 183 3721
University Library Duisburg-Essen
Department 4 - Digital Library
Team Publication Services
Lotharstr. 65
D - 47057 Duisburg
University Clinic Essen (AöR)
Medical Library
Hufelandstr. 55
D - 45147 Essen
The following funding conditions apply to Open Access funding for articles as of 01/01/2021:
Please note that the funding guidelines do NOT apply to the DEAL publishers Wiley and Springer Nature; information on this can be found under the publisher-specific funding conditions, as well as on UDE's memberships in e.g. MDPI and Frontiers.
Full funding is available if the following criteria are met:
Please email the original invoice to openaccess.ub@uni-due.de.
The UL will take care of the payment. Invoices will be processed in the order of receipt until the funds provided for this purpose from the publication fund have been exhausted.
Please note that no VAT may be shown on a foreign invoice; the publisher may require the VAT ID of the UDE (DE 811 272 995) for this purpose.
New from 2021, we offer you support in the form of partial funding:
Please send the original invoice with the completed form by email to openaccess.ub@uni-due.de.
The UB will then reimburse the pro-rata funding. Invoices will be processed in the order of receipt until the funds provided for this purpose from the publication fund have been exhausted.
Please note that no VAT may be shown on a foreign invoice; the publisher may require the VAT ID of the UDE (DE 811 272 995) for this purpose.
The following guidelines apply to funding monographs or collective works from the Open Access Monographs Publication Fund:
Members of the UDE are eligible for funding as authors or editors .
Scope of funding
Quality assurance
Legal information
Legal notice / Imprint
The funded publications are made available on the UDE document server DuEPublico.
Pleas note in addition:
The publisher must submit a cost calculation; a flat-rate Open Access fee cannot be accepted.
Please note:
All contents on these pages are for information purposes only and are not legally binding.