Publishing Agreement OUP - Options and Funding Criteria
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Key Data

Contract Term: 01.01.2023–31.12.2025

Unlimited contingent of articles

Eligible Journals

Gold OA and Hybrid OA Journals

Eligible Journals (PDF)

Eligible Article Types

Research Article, Review Article, Brief Report, Case Report.

Supplements are not included in the agreement.

Book reviews are always excluded from funding.

Funding Criteria
  • The corresponding author is a member of BOKU according to UG 2002 §94 at the time of acceptance and states “BOKU University” as their affiliation (see latest Affiliation Policy, published 17.04.2025).
  • The Acknowledgment contains: "Open access funding provided by BOKU University" (inserted automatically).

The following also applies to FWF articles:

  • CC BY 4.0 License
  • The Acknowledgment contains: „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.“
Available Licences

CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

The library recommends choosing the CC BY 4.0 license, as it best corresponds to the Open Access ideal. Publications from FWF projects must always use this license.

Workflow

Authors are assigned to the university by indicating BOKU as an affiliation or by using the institutional e-mail address.

Authors can select the agreement after acceptance, provided that their affiliation with BOKU has been correctly stated or recognized (Step-by-step Guide).

The library reviews the request.

Additional CostsAdditional costs such as Color Charges, Page Charges, Submission Fees etc. are not covered by the agreement. Only OA-costs are covered.
Further Information

OUP at KEMÖ

Information on the publisher's website

 → UB Bodenkultur  (ub.support(at)boku.ac.at)