Universität Duisburg-Essen Becomes a PeerJ Annual Institutional Member

The Universität Duisburg-Essen has joined the PeerJ AIMs program, providing unlimited, APC-free publishing for their authors to ensure their research is made openly available

We are pleased to announce that the Universität Duisburg-Essen, one of the youngest and largest universities in Germany, has joined PeerJ as an Annual Institutional Member (AIM).

Researchers affiliated with the Universität Duisburg-Essen can now access unlimited, APC-free publishing with PeerJ to ensure their research is made openly available. Authors are required to make a pre-submission eligibility check, which will be reviewed by the Universität Duisburg-Essen membership manager.

About the Universität Duisburg-Essen

The Universität Duisburg-Essen is one of Germany’s largest and most dynamic universities, renowned for its commitment to innovation, interdisciplinary research, and academic excellence. Established in 2003 through the merger of the University of Duisburg and the University of Essen, UDE has quickly become a prominent institution in the heart of the Ruhr metropolitan region. With a diverse student body of over 40,000 individuals from more than 130 countries, the university fosters a vibrant, inclusive, and international academic environment. UDE offers a wide range of programmes across disciplines such as engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and medicine, supported by cutting-edge facilities and a strong emphasis on sustainability and societal impact. Its strategic location in one of Europe’s largest urban areas provides students and researchers with unique opportunities for collaboration with industry and cultural institutions, making it a hub for innovation and knowledge transfer.

Universität Duisburg-Essen researchers can find out more on their PeerJ page , or by watching the video below.

A PeerJ Annual Institutional Membership (AIM) provides unlimited, frictionless OA publishing for institutional partners and their faculty. Simple to manage, easy to purchase and providing great cost saving opportunities, researchers will never have to worry about having to pay an APC, and librarians can say goodbye to the administrative overhead of dealing with payments on an article by article basis.

AIMs pricing is tiered and based on an institution’s publishing history in PeerJ’s journal portfolio. When a partner’s renewal is calculated, if the equivalent APC cost would have been less than the Membership fee, they can choose to carry over the difference towards their Membership renewal, or contribute to PeerJ’s Global Publishing Fund, which supports authors without the means to publish OA. AIMs simplify OA and are an important step towards a non-APC future of globally equitable access to read and publish open science.

Institutions who are interested in AIMs should contact PeerJ.