Open Access publishing agreement: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Authors affiliated with the University of Vienna can publish Open Access without any additional charges in approximately 350 Cambridge University Press (CUP) journals under an Open Access publishing agreement. Please find the agreement details here:
 

Validity period
1.1.2023–31.12.2025
Funding for
Articles in subscription journals with Open Access option as well as Gold journals (fully open access): Eligible Journals (PDF)
Funding requirements
  • The "corresponding author" of the article is affiliated1) with the University of Vienna on the date of acceptance.
  • The "corresponding author" states "University of Vienna" as their affiliation or as one of their affiliations in the article.
  • Article types covered: research article, review article, rapid communication, brief report, case report. Book reviews are always excluded from funding.
  • The following applies to articles resulting from FWF projects: funding can be provided by the University of Vienna (sufficient articles available).
  • The following applies to articles resulting from EU projects: funding can be provided by the University of Vienna (sufficient articles available).
Funding is only provided for Open Access (Article Processing Charges, APCs), not for any additional fees (e.g. colour charges, submission fees).
Invoicing
No invoicing, OA costs fully covered by publishing agreement.
Author workflow

The acceptance email contains instructions to make the article available Open Access. Depending on the journal signing an appropriate Creative Commons licence takes place via a PDF form ("License-to-Publish", to be returned to the publisher) or an online form. The affiliation of the "corresponding author" to the University of Vienna on the date of acceptance will be checked by the Open Access Office.

For details, see How to publish Open Access under this agreement (in the lower section)

Publisher's infopublisher website
Consortium infoKEMÖ website

 

1) University affiliates are defined in UG 2002 §94. Should you be a research grant holder please provide confirmation to that effect via e-mail.