The new agreement will further increase open access publications in Austria (Copyright: Universität Wien/ derknopfdruecker.com).
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and Cooperation E-Media Austria (KEMÖ) have signed a three-year contract with John Wiley and Sons that combines the use of content and the publication of open-access articles. FWF-funded authors affiliated with one of the 22 participating KEMÖ consortium members and corresponding authors of a publication can publish open-access articles unlimited and free of charge in Wiley's hybrid journals. The agreement applies to all articles accepted by Wiley in hybrid journals from 1 January 2018. Eligible authors will be automatically identified and informed about the possibility of free open-access publication. Katharina Rieck, representative of the FWF and responsible for open access, emphasised: "The agreement has shown that constructive cooperation between publishers, libraries and funding organisations can lead to a result that benefits everyone, but especially researchers. The FWF hopes that this example will be followed by more publishers soon in order to increase openness of results of publicly funded research." - Brigitte Kromp, University of Vienna, Head of the Austrian Central Library for Physics and Chemistry Library and mandatee for Open Access in the Austrian Academic Library Consortium commented: "We are very pleased to make another significant step towards making Austrian research open access. We were looking for a transitional agreement that can maximise these opportunities while continuing to access Wiley's journals.
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