Nature (Springer)
Term of contract
01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
Benefits for members of the University of Duisburg-Essen
- The University of Duisburg-Essen has concluded a "Nature Transformative Agreement" with the publisher SpringerNature
- The agreement entitles authors (corresponding authors) of the UDE to publish free of charge in the hybrid Nature Branded Journals
- The author fees (APCs) of submitting corresponding authors of the UDE are paid and financed centrally by the UDE. Invoices are processed by the University Library
Requirements
- You are a member of the UDE and responsible for submitting the article as corresponding author
- The University of Duisburg Essen or the University Hospital must be specified as the first affiliation
- Eligible article types: Primary Research
Content
- List of journals (Nature und Nature Research Journals, marked with "Y" in the Nature OA Publishing column)
- Exception: Nature Reviews Journals and Nature Protocols are not included
Information about the author workflow
CC licences
- We recommend the use of the Creative Commons licence CC BY, which provides the greatest possibility of reuse for your work. The less restrictive Creative Commons licences CC BY or CC BY-SA are also recommended in the UDE Open Access Policy Further information on the CC licenses can be found here
Who can help?
The Open Access team will be pleased to advise you on all aspects of Open Access:
openaccess.ub@uni-due.de