Open Access Financing
Leipzig University has consistently promoted open access (OA) publications by university members since 2014. The Leipzig University OA Publication Fund, which is managed by Leipzig University Library, can be used to support various types of publications, including articles for OA journals, OA monographs and edited volumes, and scholar-led OA projects. In addition, Leipzig University Library has agreed special terms for OA publications with numerous publishers and also participates in cooperative OA funding models.
Quality assurance
To ensure rigorous academic quality, the granting of open access funding at Leipzig University is supervised by representatives of the Rectorate, currently:
- Prof. Marian Burchardt (Institute of Sociology and Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics)
- Prof. Oliver Czulo (Institute of Applied Linguistics and Translatology)
- Prof. Marius Grundmann (Felix Bloch Institute of Solid State Physics)
- Prof. Gesa Hartwigsen (Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology)
- Prof. Michael Schaefer (Rudolf Boehm Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- Prof. Saskia Schuppener (Institute of Special and Inclusive Education)