Open Access Publishing with NATURE
Articles from FWF-funded projects published in journals that are part of this agreement can be published open access free of charge until the end of 2027 at the latest.
Please note that the criteria listed below must be met. In addition, the following FWF requirements must be complied with:
- the article must be published with the CC BY licence
- the acknowledgement must contain the following text:
This research was funded in whole / 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.
or for German-language publications:
Diese Forschung wurde gänzlich / teilweise durch den Wissenschaftsfonds FWF finanziert [Grant-DOI]. Zum Zweck des freien Zugangs hat der:die Autor:in für jedwede akzeptierte Manuskriptversion, die sich aus dieser Einreichung ergibt, eine „Creative Commons Attribution CC BY“-Lizenz vergeben.
Please make sure to enter the grant DOI instead of the project number.
Since 2025, university members with active employment contracts or students of the University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck have had the opportunity to publish open access free of charge in 39 NATURE Research journals (hybrid).
Please note: the number of articles is limited, i.e. not all articles can be published Open Access free of charge under our agreement. The acceptance date is the relevant date. It is first come, first served!
Which journals can researchers of the university publish in?
You can publish Open Access in the 39 NATURE Research hybrid journals. A list of all participating journals can be found here.
Please note that the NATURE Review Journals are NOT part of this agreement!
Who can publish open access?
Eligible are authors, who
- are corresponding authors of the article
- are corresponding authors of the articles
- are university members with active employment contracts or students of the University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck
- whose article was accepted in one of the 39 Nature Research Hybrid journals
- are publishing an article of the type OriginalPaper (This Analysis, Article, Letter, Brief Communication, Registered Report, Resource, Technical Report)
ATTENTION: It is not permitted to retrospectively change the corresponding author after peer review.
Procedure/Verification Process:
Upon acceptance of the article, the Corresponding Author will be asked to identify themselves as belonging to the University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck and to agree to the Open Access conditions.
The affiliation will be verified by the university/ULBT and Springer NATURE (e.g. via e-mail address or IP address). As Corresponding Author, please use the official e-mail address of the universities instead of your private e-mail address during the submission process.
The article is published under a Creative Commons license (CC BY).
If you have any questions, please contact
University and State Library of Tyrol | Electronic Resources Department
Lisa Hofer, tel: +43 (0) 512 507 / 25073
Erika Pörnbacher, tel: +43 (0) 512 507 / 25070
email: ulb-emedien@uibk.ac.at