The University Library of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences supports you in all matters relating to electronic publishing and Open Access. We offer you advice and support on the topics of Open Access publication channels, publication venues and publication fees.

The colours green and gold denote the two most common publishing strategies.

• Gold Open Access („The golden path“)
  The golden path refers to the freely available first publication, as is currently the case with open access journals in particular. First publication of an open access book or an article in a pure open access journal.
• Green Open Access („The green way“)
  The green route refers to additional provision, self-archiving or secondary publication, which usually takes place via document servers (repositories).
• Hybrid Open Access
  First publication of an article as open access in a closed access journal.

If you want to publish your research results in Open Access (OA), publication fees, so-called Article Processing Charges (APC), are usually charged. This applies if you publish in a pure Open Access journal (OA journal).
However, it also applies if you publish in a conventional subscription journal and the publisher gives you the opportunity to publish your article OA in this journal. This is referred to as a hybrid journal.

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a comprehensive index of open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community and committed to making high-quality content freely available online for everyone.
Various funding options are available for the financing of Open Access publications:

• Support from funding organisations such as the DFG
• Financing via project funds
• Institutional support services
• Open Access Publication Fund of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
  

Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences supports the financing of publications of Open Access articles through centralised publication funds and publisher-specific agreements. These offers can be used by members of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences if you are a corresponding author. E-books are excluded from this offer.

The Project DEAL under the leadership of the German Rectors' Conference, is pursuing the goal of concluding Germany-wide licence agreements with the major scientific publishers Springer Nature, Wiley and Elsevier, which include open access publication rights in addition to access to the content of scientific journals. In terms of publication fees, a distinction must be made between hybrid journals and Gold Open Access journals.

Further information:

• deal-konsortium.de - Publishers

The University Library provides members of the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences with a platform for accessing their electronic media objects in the Digital Library Thuringia (DBT) free of charge. This offer enables the long-term and visible provision of scientific papers, research reports and other digital publications so that they can be made accessible to a broad specialised public.

Published documents are given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) - a permanently valid, unique identification number for digital publications. This makes it easier to find, cite and link to the work on the Internet and thus contributes to better visibility and scientific recognition of the publications.

Are you planning an Open Access publication or do you have questions about DEAL membership or literature management?

We will be happy to advise you individually!

Closed access is the most common publication method for scientific publications worldwide. Here, articles appear in subscription journals and are not freely available. The costs for reading and access rights are traditionally borne by libraries or private individuals.

Members of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences have the option of assigning an ISBN number to their publications. Each publication receives an individual ISBN including a barcode, which is assigned by the university.