Open access publishing for researchers at Leibniz Association institutes
Researchers based at a participating Leibniz Association institution are eligible to have the article publishing charge (APC) associated with publishing gold open access paid on their behalf. This is through an agreement set up between the Taylor & Francis Group and the Leibniz Association.
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How can publishing open access benefit you?
When you publish your article gold open access, it is made freely available online, allowing anyone anywhere, to read your research. This means you can benefit from:
- Increased visibility: No barriers to readership means researchers worldwide can read and cite your research
- Greater impact: Your research will be accessible to policymakers, practitioners and professionals in your field. Your open access article could be used to inform and develop public policy, be read by the general public, or be picked up by the media.
- More freedom: Publishing under a Creative Commons license means you can share your research across your networks, including social media.
- Improved discoverability: Many of our journals are indexed in internationally-recognized citation and abstract databases, including the Journal Citation Report (JCR), Scopus, and PubMed, increasing the likelihood of your work being found and read by your colleagues.
- Robust peer review: All accepted papers will undergo a thorough and robust peer review process, where each manuscript is objectively and constructively evaluated on its scholarly merit and integrity.
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Publishing your paper
When you submit your paper, you will go through the usual peer-review process associated with your chosen journal. If your paper is accepted, you will receive an email asking you to choose an open access publishing agreement. Follow the instructions and select the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) option, which is the license required by the agreement. You do not need to pay an APC to make your article open access.
Frequently asked questions
Which articles are covered by this agreement?
This agreement covers articles with corresponding authors at Leibniz institutes published in Taylor & Francis Open Select (hybrid) and full open journals. Leibniz and Taylor & Francis have agreed maximum number of open access articles to be published for each year of the partnership, taking into account publishing output in previous years.
Do I have to pay any fees to publish my article?
If your paper has a corresponding author based at a Leibniz institute you don’t need to pay any charges to make your article open access. However, if the journal you are publishing in has separate costs, such as page charges or color charges, these will still apply.
Which Leibniz institutions are covered by this agreement?
- ARL – Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning – Leibniz Forum for Spatial Sciences (ARL)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)
- Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum / Montanhistorisches Dokumentationszentrum (DBM)
- Deutsches Museum (DM)
- Deutsches Primatenzentrum – Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung (DPZ)
- DIW – German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
- Forschungszentrum Borstel – Leibniz Lungenzentrum (FZB)
- GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences (GESIS)
- GIGA – German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
- IAMO – Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)
- IfADo – Leibniz-Institut für Arbeitsforschung/ Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund (IfADo)
- ifo Institute for Economic Research (ifo)
- IfW – Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- INM – Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien (INM)
- IOER – Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)
- IWH – Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
- Leibniz-Insitut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO)
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH (DSMZ)
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
- Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie (ATB)
- Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
- Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG)
- Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung |Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
- Leibniz-Institut für Nutztierbiologie (FBN)
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB)
- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden (IPF)
- Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (IRS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR)
- Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien (IWT)
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
- Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW)
- Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
- Leibniz-Zentrum für marine Tropenforschung (ZMT)
- Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
- Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN)
- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperforschung (PDI)
- RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI)
- Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN)
- Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (WIAS)
- WZB – Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
- ZBW – German National Library of Economics (ZBW)
- ZEW – Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
- ZFMK – Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)
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