Open Access Publication Funding

The University of Potsdam supports its researchers who publish their original research findings with open access publication funding. This funding, provided by the University of Potsdam and the German Research Foundation (DFG), enables members of the University of Potsdam to publish their work in open access journals and books and thereby make their scholarship accessible to a global audience and the broader research community.

Beginning in 2026, a new model for open access publication funding – as approved by the relevant university senate committees – will be introduced to take into account the changes driven by the DEAL agreements. Detailed information can be found on our intranet page (only accessible on campus or via VPN). 

The University of Potsdam currently has agreements with the following publishers:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Physical Society (APS)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Company of Biologists, The
• Copernicus
• De Gruyter
• Elsevier
• Frontiers
• Hogrefe
• Institute of Physics (IOP)
• Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Insitute (MDPI)
• Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Rockefeller University Press
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Royal Society of London
• Springer Nature (DEAL + Nature branded)
• Taylor & Francis
• Wiley

If you have any questions about publishing in journals or open access publishing in general, please contact open-accessuuni-potsdampde.

In 2026, the University of Potsdam will continue its collaboration with Open Access Brandenburg (Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle Brandenburg) to provide publication financing for open access books, including monographs and edited volumes. To apply for this funding, please submit your application to the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg using this application form. Please be sure to review the funding criteria for the financing of open access books.

The Universitätsverlag Potsdam is currently developing a diamond open access service. Diamond open access enables the publication of scholarly works without costs to authors, editors or readers. Additional details can be found in the Action Plan for Diamond Open Access and the Diamond Open Access Standard.

For advice or an individual consultation, please contact us by email at verlag@uni-potsdam.de or submit a publication request through our contact form.