Austrian Open Access Agreement with Publisher Wiley

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. The agreement ticks all these boxes and aligns with our strategic goals.”

Susanne Tremml, Head Office of the Austrian Academic Library Consortium, stated: “We are happy that after several agreements with an open access component in place, the consortium is now able to offer this possibility for its members with Wiley. The agreed open access workflow for authors, libraries and the publisher will facilitate effortless managing. We are looking forward to seeing an additional boost in open access publications in Austria.”

Liz Ferguson, VP Editorial Development, remarked: “We are delighted to have reached this agreement with KEMÖ and the FWF. Eligible Authors at KEMÖ-affiliated institutions can now publish with open access for accepted articles in our hybrid journals and all researchers are also able to access all subscription journal content published by Wiley. We remain committed to working with our institutional customers and authors to offer flexible models and academic choice for their research and publications.”

Further information: https://www.konsortien.at/wiley-oa-austria.asp