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12 Feb 2018

Frontiers and the Graz University of Technology form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that Frontiers and the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have formed an open access publishing agreement. Under the terms of the Austria Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the Graz University of Technology (Technische Universität Graz) can cover article processing charges for eligible authors in any of the Frontiers journals. Eligible authors are corresponding authors of a given article who meet the funding criteria of the TU Graz. Those submitting an FWF-funded article can select the university as the institutional payer. Please be sure to include all funding information in the ‘Statements’ section. If you have any questions, or to check if your article is eligible, please contact TU Graz’s Open Access team at openaccess.bibliothek@tugraz.at. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements, please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.

Frontiers news

01 Feb 2018

Frontiers and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to inform you that ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences has formed an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. PLEASE NOTE: As of 1 March 2020, this agreement is no longer active and replaced by the new arrangement. Please visit the new announcement for more information: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2020/04/28/frontiers-and-the-zurich-university-of-applied-sciences-zhaw-extend-open-access-publishing-agreement/ The ZHAW Hochschulbibliothek covers 50% Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, in any of the Frontiers journals. To access the ZHAW OA guide, and for information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, please visit the ZHAW open access website or contact openaccess@zhaw.ch. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.

Frontiers news

29 Jan 2018

The Helmholtz Association and Frontiers expand open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that Frontiers and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren) have established an agreement entailing the inclusion of three new members of the Helmholtz Association in an agreement on open access publishing. Building on an agreement established in 2015 comprising a consortium of then nine member institutions of the Helmholtz Association, Frontiers and the Helmholtz Association have now agreed on the expansion of this consortium to include three further member institutions. The new members are: The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., DLR), The Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), and The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, AWI). These three member institutions join the consortium, which since 2015 comprises the following institutions: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, MDC) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT) Jülich Research Center (Forschungszentrum Jülich, FZJ) Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, HZI) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, UFZ) German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen; […]

Frontiers news

29 Jan 2018

Frontiers and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, former Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR), has formed an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. GEOMAR has become a participating member in an agreement for open access publishing between the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren) and Frontiers, and as part of this agreement a 15% discount will be applied to APCs for articles by GEOMAR-affiliated corresponding authors. This discount is applied to the net APC, i.e. the APC, which would otherwise be payable after deduction of any other discounts that may apply. For more information, please visit the GEOMAR Library webpage or email Barbara Schmidt and Frau Heidi Düpow at bibliotheksleitung@geomar.de

Frontiers news

29 Jan 2018

Frontiers and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has formed an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., DLR) covers Article Processing Charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. The DLR has become a participating member in an agreement for open access publishing between the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren) and Frontiers, and as part of this agreement a 15% discount will be applied to APCs for articles by DLR-affiliated corresponding authors. This discount is applied to the net APC, i.e. the APC, which would otherwise be payable after deduction of any other discounts that may apply. For more information, please email the DLR Library team at Bibliotheken@dlr.de.

Frontiers news

29 Jan 2018

Frontiers and the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, AWI) has formed an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. The AWI covers Article Processing Charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. The AWI has become a participating member in an agreement for open access publishing between the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren) and Frontiers, and as part of this agreement a 15% discount will be applied to APCs for articles by AWI-affiliated corresponding authors. This discount is applied to the net APC, i.e. the APC, which would otherwise be payable after deduction of any other discounts that may apply. For more information, please visit the AWI library’s webpage or email Gudrun Witzler at library@awi.de.   For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.