Open Access publishing agreement: Mohr Siebeck

Authors affiliated with the University of Vienna can publish Open Access without any additional charges in the journals of Mohr Siebeck under an Open Access publishing agreement. Additionally, funding for OA books is also possible. Please find the agreement details here:
 

Validity period
01.01.2026–31.12.2028
Funding for

Articles in journals with Open Access option and books.fileadmin/user_upload/p_openaccess/eligible-journals/mdpi-oa-eligible-journals-univie.pdf

Note: Use our Journal Eligibility Check to find out if OA publishing in your desired journal can be funded by the University of Vienna.

Funding requirements
Articles in journals:
  • At least one author of the article is affiliated2) with the University of Vienna on the date of submission or acceptance.
  • This author states "University of Vienna" as their affiliation or as one of their affiliations in the article.

Articles in journals in connection with FWF projects: OA funding processed by UniVie. Additional requirements:

  • Required licence: CC BY
  • The following passage must be included in all publications at submission:
    This research was funded in whole or in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [grant DOI]. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.
Monographs / Titles in book series / Articles in edited volumes:
  • Monographs: At least one author is affiliated with the University of Vienna
  • Titles in book series: At least one author is affiliated with the University of Vienna
  • Articles in edited volumes: At least one editor of the edited volume and at least one author of the article are affiliates of the University of Vienna
Invoicing
No invoicing, OA costs fully covered by publishing agreement.
Author workflow
Mohr Siebeck determines eligibility on the basis of submission metadata and notifies eligible authors of the possibility to publish OA at no cost during the publication process. The affiliation of the author to the University of Vienna will be checked by the Open Access Office.
Publisher's info

https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/service/open-access/ 

2) University affiliates are defined in UG 2002 §94. Please note that "Research Fellows" and other "Fremdpersonal" are no University affiliates according to UG 2002 and are therefore not eligible for funding. Should you be a research grant holder please provide confirmation to that effect via e-mail.