To search for a Gold Open Access journal, we recommend using the DOAJ and the oa.finder

As part of the DEAL contracts, you also have the opportunity to publish in over 1,700 Gold Open Access journals from the publishers Elsevier, Springer Nature and Wiley at discounted rates. Under the following links you will find an overview of the journals included in this offer:

• Elsevier (column "Bucket" → filter "Core Gold") [list for download]
• Springer Nature (column "Publishing Model" → filter "Fully Open Access") [list for download]
• Wiley (column "Revenue Model" → filter "OA") [list for download],
• possibly in combination with the Wiley Journal Finder

Thanks to a publish-and-read agreement with SAGE Publishing, you can also publish in their Gold Open Access journals at a discount:

• SAGE Pure Gold Open Access Journals

Similar to the search for Gold Open Access journals, we recommend using the DOAJ and the oa.finders. Both databases offer you the opportunity to search for journals that do not charge APCs and are therefore free of charge for authors. Of the approximately 20,000 journals listed in the DOAJ, around two thirds do not charge APCs.

As an institutional repository, Qucosa is available to members of the HTWD free of charge. Qucosa is a document and publication server supported by the academic libraries of the Free State of Saxony. Among other things, it guarantees worldwide availability of your publication, its citation capability through a permanent URN and long-term archiving. Qucosa also enables your publication to be referenced in catalogs, directories and search engines. Find out more here.

You can find further quality-assured repositories using the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR).

As part of the DEAL agreements, HTWD members have the opportunity to publish Open Access at standardized conditions in well over 5,000 subscription journals published by Elsevier, Springer Nature and Wiley. An overview of all journals included in this offer can be found under the following links:

• Elsevier (column "Bucket" → filter "Core Hybrid") [list for download]
• Springer Nature (column "Publishing Model" → filter "Hybrid (Open Choice)") [list for download]
• Wiley (column "Revenue Model" → filter "HOA" or "OO") [list for download],
• possibly in combination with the Wiley Journal Finder

The publish-and-read agreement with SAGE Publishing continues to enable free open access publication in the subscription journals in the field of Materials Science:

• SAGE Choice