Open Access publishing agreement: The Royal Society

Authors affiliated with the University of Vienna can publish Open Access without any additional charges in the Royal Society journals listed below under a transformative Open Access publishing agreement. Please find the agreement details here:
 

Validity period

1.1.2021–31.12.2023 (renewal expected)

Funding forArticles 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 submission.
  • The "corresponding author" states "University of Vienna" as their affiliation or as one of their affiliations in the article.
  • 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 affiliation of the "corresponding author" to the University of Vienna will be checked by the publisher. The Royal Society determines eligibility on the basis of email address and submission metadata and notifies eligible authors of the possibility to publish OA at no cost after acceptance.

For details, see author journey

Publisher's infopublisher 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.