Open Access at ISTA
Open Access topics:
To underline this basic principle, ISTA adopted and published its Open Access Policy February 15, 2014.
ISTA encourages its researchers to publish in Open Access journals and repositories. In order to support researchers with Open Access publications, we have compiled information on the ISTA Open Access Fund, Publisher Agreements, Funding Agencies, the Journal Checker Tool and self archiving on this page.
If you would like to go deeper into the Open Access topic, you can read about further reasons to go Open Access, the difference between Green and Gold Open Access or how to identify questionable Open Access journals:
Open Access in a nutshell
If there is anything you want to know about Open Access, but couldn´t find on these webpages, feel free to contact the ISTA Library.
ISTA OA Fund
To foster Gold Open Access at ISTA an Open Access Publishing Fund is available.
In order to be eligible for support, a publication has to be
- created by an author affiliated to ISTA,
- published in a Gold Open Access journal listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals,
- including a central payment agreement with Gold Open Access publisher Frontiers and MDPI
- or published in Hybrid Open Access journals of Taylor & Francis where we have an offsetting agreement.
- already accepted for publication at the time of application for funding support.
- The fund can only be applied if no other grant is available.
This Open Access Publishing Fund covers 50% of the charge.
Further information on the respective publishers can be found in the Publisher Agreements.
The procedure is as follows:
- First please make sure that your article is eligible for funding.
- In a following step the research group/author needs to pay the whole article processing charge to the publisher.
- After that, the research group/author can apply for refund. Please fill out the form in the app after logging in with “IST Austria Researcher Login” at the following link: app.oable.org
- Finally ISTA Library will transfer the amount to your cost center.
- In case of a Gold Open Access central payment agreement, the library receives a central invoice, pays it in advance, and contacts the research group.
In case you need further details please contact the library team.
Publisher Agreements
Under certain circumstances the Open Access funding of your publication is provided by funding agencies like the FWF or the ISTA Open Access Fund.
Gold Open Access publisher agreements
Offsetting Hybrid publisher agreements
To avoid double dipping (charging both authors and subscibers for OA publishing) ISTA also signed several publisher agreements, which allow us to discount your article processing charges. In addition, the subscription costs will be reduced in the following year.
Read and publish agreements
In addition, ISTA Library negotiates agreements with publishers to enable Open Access publishing in Hybrid and Gold journals without additional cost for authors at ISTA. Some publishers grant a discount on APC’s for publications in a Gold Open Access Journal.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold ACS journals.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper accepted by the publisher between 01.01.2020 and 31.12.2023.
What do I need to do?
When submitting the paper, you must select ISTA from a dropdown menu and use your ISTA email address.
As soon as your paper has been accepted, you will receive an email from the publisher to select the open access option. Then a page appears where you select “Seek funding from …”. After confirmation by the institute/library, the paper will be made open with a CC-BY license.
For further assistance please contact the library team.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold ACM Journals. For conference proceedings, when in doubt, check with ACM to verify if they are eligible.
ACM offers the following Creative Commons licenses:
CC BY by default, but licenses with the extensions “NC”, “ND” and “SA” are also possible.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You have to be the corresponding author of the accepted paper and affiliated to ISTA.
Article types eligible for OA publishing under the agreement:
Journal: interview, note, research-article, review-article, short-paper, survey, technical-note, tutorial
Magazine: case-study, interview, research-article, review-article
Proceeding: research-article, short-paper, technical-note, tutorial
What do I need to do?
When submitting the publication, it is necessary to indicate the institute and to use the email domain of the institute.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid AIP journals.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper, affiliated to ISTA and accepted by the publisher between 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2024.
What do I need to do?
When submitting the paper, you have to identify yourself as an Eligible Author under the agreement by selecting ISTA during submission.
Open Access Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold CUP 2023 full collection.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper accepted by the publisher.
Article types eligible for OA publishing under the agreement: Research articles, Review articles and Rapid communication.
What do I need to do?
After acceptance of the paper you choose the OA-option. In this case, the possible assumption of the costs by ISTA is pointed out.
Cambridge University Press offers the following Creative Commons licences: CC-BY, CC-BY-NC-SA and CC-BY-NC-ND
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Genes & Development, Genome Research, RNA, Learning & Memory and Molecular Case Studies.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
Eligible authors are the corresponding author of Open Access Articles, affiliated to ISTA.
CSH offers the following Creative Commons licences: CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC 4.0
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for the hybrid journals Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You have to be the corresponding author of the accepted paper.
What do I need to do?
Eligible Authors shall identify themselves as being eligible by using an appropriate institutional email address throughout the submission process.
Open Access Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold Elsevier Journals and selected Cell Press Hybrid Journals.
Elsevier offers the following Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY (compliant with funder rules!), CC-BY-NC (selected journals) and CC-BY-NC-ND
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper and the submission date of the article should be between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2023 for Hybrid journals.
Article types eligible for OA publishing under the agreement: Full length articles and reviews.
What do I need to do?
After acceptance of the paper, you will receive an email from the publisher to select the Open Access option.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold IEEE journals.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You have to be the primary (submitting) corresponding author of the accepted paper and affiliated to ISTA.
IEEE offers the following Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY 4.0, CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for gold and diamond IWA journals.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper, affiliated to ISTA at submission date.
IWA offers the following Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY 4.0, CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
In which journals can I publish discounted at ISTA?
The agreement enables to publish Open Access in Hybrid and Gold journals of IOP Publishing.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper, affiliated to ISTA. Only one corresponding author is allowed.
Article types eligible for OA publishing: All original research and review type content (z.B. paper, special issue paper/article, review, letter, Note, Perspective, Short Communication, Viewpoint, Topical review, Topical issue article, Comment, Corrigendum, Addendum.)
The agreement is valid for Hybrid and Gold OUP journals. You can find a current list of eligible journals on the publisher’s website.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You need to be corresponding author of the paper, affiliated to ISTA (short guideline).
Article types eligible for OA publishing under the agreement: a research article, review article, brief report, or case report
Articles in supplements are not considered to be eligible Articles.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for the three Hybrid Journals “Journal of Cell Biology”, “Journal of Experimental Medicine” and “Journal of General Physiology”.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
Eligible authors are the submitting corresponding author of Open Access Articles, affiliated to ISTA and are marked as corresponding author on the published article. Article types eligible for OA publishing under the agreement: Article, Brief Definitive, Report, Communication, Hypothesis, Methods and Approaches, Report, Spotlight, Technical Advances and Resources, and Tools.
Open Access Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY.
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
The agreement is valid for selected Hybrid and Gold Journals. All article types are included in this agreement. Open Access Articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You must be the primary corresponding author and the submission date of the publication should be between 1st January 2023 and 31st December 2023.
What do I need to do?
At article submission, ISTA must be given as the affiliation in the article submission process.
The agreement is valid for Hybrid RSC journals.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You have to be the primary corresponding author of the accepted paper and affiliated to ISTA.
What do I need to do?
Eligible Authors shall identify themselves as being eligible by using an appropriate institutional email address throughout the submission process.
RSC offers the following Creative Commons licenses: CC-BY 4.0, CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
You can publish your article Open Access – at no cost to you – in about 2,000 Springer Hybrid journals.
Check the Springer Open Choice Hybrid journal list if the journal you want to publish in is included.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You have to be the corresponding author of the accepted paper and affiliated to ISTA at acceptance date (Information for authors).
What do I need to do?
As soon as an article has been accepted, corresponding authors are asked in the author dashboard (“MyPublication”) whether they wish to publish free Open Access. By default, the acceptance is selected.
Springer offers the following Creative Commons licences depending on Journal Policy: CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC 4.0
In which journals can I publish for free at ISTA?
You can publish Open Access in any of Wiley’s Hybrid, OnlineOpen journals at no charge.
Which requirements do I need to fulfill?
You only need to be corresponding author of the accepted paper.
What do I need to do?
Please follow Wiley’s OnlineOpen instructions at the point of acceptance.
Further information about the publication process is provided to the authors as a short information or a detailed description.
Funding Agencies on OA
cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool (JCT)
The Journal Checker Tool is designed to help authors publish in a Plan S compliant manner. By entering the journal, cOAlition S funding agency and institution, the tool displays those options available to authors to publish their publications Plan S compliant Open Access. You can also find more information about the tool here: https://www.coalition-s.org/blog/4-things-you-should-know-about-the-rrs-and-the-jct/
Self archiving at ISTA
An institutional repository is a digital long-term archiving system that offers members of research institutions and universities the opportunity to systematically record the results of their work, archive them permanently and make them available to the public free of charge and for an unlimited period of time.
ISTA also offers the possiblity to archive all publications and published research data in our repository ISTA Research Explorer.
