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Introduction to Open Access

A very brief introduction to Open Access

How to support Open Access?

What Scientists can do to support Open Access

Quick access

In case you are looking for a specific journal and you are unsure whether Open Access article charges will be covered centrally, you may search by clicking the link above.

This page lists all Open Access journals for which article processing charges (APCs) are to be covered out of central funds on behalf of Max Planck authors.

DOI registration

DOI registration for Max Planck researchers

The following form can be used to request a DOI name for a piece of research data or grey literature stored in a Max Planck data repository.

Horizon 2020

Open Access in Horizon 2020

Publishing & Open Access

Publishing and Open Access

On this page you will find information concerning publishing and Open access. Max Planck authors often receive special conditions with publishers offering Open Access options. If you are about to submit your paper, there are many options and plenty of publishers to choose from where the Article Process Charges (APC) are covered centrally from the MPS (MPG).

About Open Access

Welcome to the information platform open-access.net!
Open access (OA) means free and unrestricted online access to scientific and scholarly information. The information platform open-access.net satisfies the growing need for information on open access (OA) by gathering and bundling this information and processing it for various target groups and scenarios. [more]

About (Open Access) Publishing

Publish Open Access in the Max Planck Society

Central Open Access publisher agreements: Article charges covered by MPDL

List of Open Access journals (DOAJ)

Directory of Open Access books (DOAB)