Elsevier (DEAL contract)

For 2024

The JLU Giessen participates in the DEAL contract with Elsevier (contract period: 2024-2028).The contract enables Open Acess publishing in SpringerNature journals in two ways.

Publishing in a Gold Open Access Journal

In a gold open access journal all articles are published freely available without an embargo, but an article processing charge (APC) has to be paid. The DEAL contract grants a 20% discount on the APCs in Elsevier Fully Gold Open Access Journals, if the corresponding author has a JLU-affiliation. A 15% discount is available on the list prices of the Fully Gold Cell Press and The Lancet journals.

This applies to all articles in Gold Open Access journals submitted to the publisher from 13 December 2023. The Open Access team will receive notification upon acceptance and will contact the corresponding author for details about the payment.

For APCs up to 2.000 € the JLU OA publication fund covers 50% of the costs. APCs above 2.000 € can be supported by JLU funds with 1.000 € (incl. VAT). As junior scientist in their PhD process or with a PhD-graduation that is not older than five year the JLU OA publication fund covers 75% and a maximum of 1.500 €.

Publishing in a hybrid journal

A hybrid journal publishes single articles in open access usually after paying an optional fee. The DEAL contract enables to publish manuscripts open access without paying such a fee, if the corresponding author has a JLU-affiliation. The costs are covered by the DEAL contract. Payment is made via the University Library. This applies to all articles in hybrid journals accepted for publication from 13 December 2023.

The complete list of Elsevier journals in the DEAL contract is available here.