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The DFG defines transformation contracts in its call for proposals for Open Access transformation contracts as follows:
"The scientific publishing system is in the process of transformation. The aim of this process is to establish open access to research results as the standard. New business models are being used for publication. One of these business models is that previously subscription-based, licensable journals or e-book packages are being converted to open access and financed via article or book processing charges. This conversion can be achieved via contracts between consortia or information supply institutions and publishers. Such contracts, which aim to change the publication mode of journals or books and the financing structure of these journals or books, are transformation contracts.
Transformation contracts are characterized by the following aspects: they increase the number of publications available in open access and do not merely offset the fees for articles already published in this mode. In addition, they indicate that there is a publishing strategy to completely convert the publication organs to open access. They therefore aim to ensure that the amount to be paid by licensees is calculated in the future on the basis of the open access publications covered by the agreement. As a result, payments for subscriptions will continuously decrease and eventually cease. The open access fees are also calculated in a comprehensible manner."
The following transformation contracts have been concluded at TU Clausthal to date:
In addition to these contracts, there are a number of other Open Access journals. Dedicated search tools are available to help you with your search.
From 2024, members of TU Clausthal can publish Open Access free of charge in all journals included in the contract. A list of journals can be found here.
In order to be eligible for funding, you must be a member of TU Clausthal as a corresponding author and provide your TU Clausthal e-mail address when submitting. The invoice will be sent directly to the University Library.
Copernicus Publications is a German open access publisher based in Göttingen. The publisher specializes in the fields of geosciences, astrophysics, atmospheric research and environmental sciences. The APCs are financed via an institutional agreement.
Thanks to the transformative nationwide DEAL agreements with the publishers Wiley, Springer Nature and Elsevier, researchers at more than 1,000 DEAL institutions in Germany publish directly Open Access in thousands of quality-checked journals in all disciplines.
Find out more about the background and aims of DEAL.
If you would like to know more about Open Access publishing with DEAL at Clausthal University of Technology, you can find more information here.
Founded in Switzerland in 2007, Frontiers publishes more than 189 wide-ranging open access journals. In 2023, an institutional membership agreement for open access publications was concluded, thanks to which eligible articles for members of Clausthal University of Technology can be published free of charge in Frontiers journals.
The Institute of Physics (IOP) offers members of Clausthal University of Technology the opportunity to publish an unlimited number of articles in 53 hybrid journals and 19 Gold Open Access journals under a CC BY 4.0 license without an embargo period. The costs for this are covered by the University Library via an Institutional Research License. Further information and a list of eligible journals can be found here.
You can download the title list of the journals to which you have free reading access here.
MDPI is a Swiss open access publisher based in Basel. Its publications focus on biology, chemistry, technology, environmental and geosciences. Through a so-called "Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP)" you receive a 10% discount on your APCs.
Due to the participation in a national consortium of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), members of Clausthal University of Technology do not have to pay publication fees (APCs) for the open access publication of their articles in the journal wt Werkstattstechnik. Information for interested authors can be found on this page.