News in the Area of Open Access from 2025

By participating in the Germany-wide Springer Nature Transformative Agreement, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität is offering its members and those of the University Hospital read-only access to all Nature journals from now until the end of 2028.

In addition, corresponding authors of participating institutions can publish their research articles free of charge in Nature and in the 38 hybrid Nature-branded research journals under a CC-BY license up to a maximum article limit set for the consortium. Here you can find further information (with a link to an overview of the journals included).

From 2025, FAU authors can also benefit from a 15% discount on publication fees for MDPI journals. Unfortunately, the Emerald Publishing Agreement will not be continued due to unfavorable contractual conditions.