Check this list BEFORE you decide to submit a paper!

Thanks to a growing number of agreements negotiated by the Max Planck Digital Library with many major publishers, Max Planck authors can publish their articles open access free of charge, increasing the visibility and impact of their work!
When publishing an article in any of the journals listed below, the relative article processing charges (APCs) will be fully covered by central library funds. Authors will be prompted to state their Max Planck affiliation upon submission.
Please note that the list is continuously updated with titles from various data sources and therefore may not always be complete or reflect the current state of the art in our (MPDL) publisher agreements.

Take care that you meet the requirements from the journals! If the wrong author type or licence are choosed, the APCs may not be covered. For example, there are differences between the types of entitled authors (corresponding author, submitting corresponding author).

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Read more about the different types of CC licences here.

The toolkit was created in collaboration with Springer Nature and The University of Glasgow and has been written by nearly 70 experts from the academic community and scholarly communications organisations. Each article offers a brief introduction to a particular aspect of open access book publishing. The toolkit also serves as a signposting tool: articles include a list of sources referenced, further reading and links to definitions of key terms.