What are the advantages of a publication in OPEN FAU?

  • Dissemination
    Your electronic publication is available from all over the world at any time and accessible free of charge. Open Access is therefore recommended by FAU as well the German Research Foundation and the German Rector’s Conference.
  • Proof of publication
    Your publication may be found quickly and easily via Internet search.
  • Archiving and long-term availability
    Your electronic publication will be permanently saved on OPEN FAU. Furthermore, doctoral and postdoctoral theses are forwarded to the German National Library’s archive server and digitally preserved there.
  • Free of charge
    The service is free of charge for you. You can also save on OA option fees for subscription journals via a secondary publication.
  • OpenAIRE-Compliance
    Open Access publication is mandatory in all EU projects. Open Access publications linked to an EU project must therefore be indicated in OpenAIRE. You can deposit your work in OpenAIRE automatically by publishing in OPEN FAU. Please enter your EU-Project number (metadata field “Identifiers”) for this.