GEOMAR is a member of the DEAL project, which was launched in 2019 by the Alliance of German Science Organizations under the leadership of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK).

The negotiation goals of DEAL include

    Open access for all articles with corresponding author at German institutions
    Permanent full-text access to the publishers' entire journal portfolio (e-journals)
    Publish & Read model: appropriate pricing based on publication volume

DEAL for publishers

DEAL Wiley:

The first DEAL contract was concluded with the publisher Wiley in 2019:

    Read access to the approx. 1600 subscription journals retroactively back to 1997.
    Open access publication option in many “closed access” journals (so-called hybrid publishing: “Wiley Online Open”)
    Discount of 20% on the Article Processing Charges (APC) in Wiley Gold Open Access journals

More about the publication process for authors at Wiley

Title list Wiley [PDF]

DEAL contract with Wiley

DEAL Springer Nature:

The first DEAL contract with Springer Nature was concluded in 2020:
In alignment with the Wiley contract, the following points apply to participating organizations:

• Read-only access to the approximately 1900 subscription journals backdated to 1997.
• Open access publication in many “closed access” journals (so-called hybrid publishing)
• Discount of 20% on the Article Processing Charges (APC) in Springer Gold Open Access journals

More about the publication process for authors at Springer

Springer Nature title list [PDF]

Deal contract with Springer Nature