As of August 2020, corresponding authors from more than 750 German universities and research institutions are able to publish in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR) Endovascular free of charge thanks to a deal Springer Nature has signed with these German research institutions.
An explanatory statement on the Springer Nature website reads: “If you are a corresponding author affiliated with a German university or research institution, you are entitled to publish open access in our journals with fees covered by the German DEAL agreement.
“More than 900 German institutions are eligible to participate in the agreement between Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL, meaning that corresponding authors affiliated with these institutions are eligible to publish their articles open access without being invoiced by Springer Nature. The agreement includes more than 2,000 hybrid journals across the Springer Nature portfolio (from January 2020) and more than 500 fully OA journals (from August 2020).” CVIR
