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Open Access Service Center

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Open Access
Service Center

Open access aims to share knowledge, make information accessible, and speed up academic debate. The Open Access Service Center supports you in publishing your research, guiding you on guidelines, technical, and financial matters.

Want to apply for open access funding? Check if we have an agreement with your publisher, or use the application form.

Basics

  • What is open access?
  • What models are available?
  • How can I find the right journal?

Funding

  • Publication fund for articles
  • Publication fund for monographs
  • Open-access agreements with publishers

Recommendations

  • How can I assign licenses?
  • How can I find authors
  • What standards are there?

Advice and training

We can advise you on all issues connected with open access and help you with your contracts with publishers.

Project DEAL & more

We will tell you about the key forms of infrastructure for implementing open access, such as the DEAL project.

Events

Here you can find an overview of our events. We are also happy to come to your faculty, institute, department or working group.

Publishing work for a second time

Looking to publish your work again in an open-access format now that some time has passed? Want to find out about the legal situation?

Publishing a periodical

Keen to start an open-access periodical?

Planning to digitalize the workflow for your periodical?

Open Science

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Promoting an open science culture is a key component of the University of Bonn's Excellence Strategy.
The term "open science" encompasses a range of measures geared toward guaranteeing transparency, traceability and reproducibility in an increasingly digital academic world. Alongside the Open Access Service Center, the Research Data Service Center can help you make your research findings publicly accessible.

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