Name | Karger Publishers |
Membership Category | Professional Publisher (Large) |
Website | http://www.karger.com/openaccess |
Owner | Family owned |
Main Address | Karger Publishers Allschwilerstrasse 10 CH-4055 Basel Switzerland |
Other Office Locations | Various offices worldwide, see https://karger.com/pages/regional-offices |
Copyright and Licensing Link | https://karger.com/pages/types-open-access-licences-copyright-and-costs |
Copyright and Licensing Policy | Karger publishes 39 journals where the content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license also applies to Open Access articles published in hybrid OA journals. For mandated authors, papers are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. Karger Open Access articles are free to share and reuse. Some restrictions apply, depending on the Creative Commons license used. Copyright on any Karger Open Access article is retained by the author(s). Authors grant S. Karger AG, Basel, an exclusive unlimited license to publish the article under a Creative Commons license and identify Karger as the original publisher. Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as the terms of the license are met. |
Complaint Contact Link | openaccess@karger.com |
Complaint Policy | Karger’s Open Access team will individually deal with e-mails sent to openaccess@karger.com on a case-by-case basis. Complaints regarding a particular journal may also be sent directly to the relevant journal’s editorial office. For complaints regarding journal editorial decisions, mails will be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. |
Publication Charge Link | Select your journal of interest at http://www.karger.com/Journal. The publication charge information is in the Guidelines for Authors. |
Publication Charge Policy | Article Processing Charges (APC) for Karger Open Access Articles range from EUR/CHF/USD to EUR3,700/CHF3,630/USD4,120. APCs support publishing service costs. APCs are not charged until a paper is accepted for publication and do not affect any editorial decisions. Corresponding authors in lower- and lower-middle-income countries automatically receive an APC waiver or discount in Karger Open Access journals. The APC for Karger hybrid journals is CHF 3,600.00 / USD 3,950.00 / EUR 3,750.00. Details can be found in each journal’s guidelines and at https://karger.com/pages/types-open-access-licences-copyright-and-costs. |
OASPA Compliant OA Journals | 39 |
OA Articles (approx. number in 12 months) | 2,550 articles in 2024 |
OASPA Compliant OA Books | |
Peer Review Process Link | |
Peer Review Policy | All Karger Open Access journals are peer-reviewed, and aim to provide the authors with fast and constructive feedback regarding their submitted manuscripts. Journals have a dedicated Editor-in-Chief and international editorial board to ensure a thorough peer-review and the highest scientific publishing standards. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible to ensure high quality peer-review of papers submitted to the journal and decides on the specific peer-review policies for the journal. See our peer review policy and individual journal websites for more details. |
Initiatives | Initiatives include fully Open Access journals, Subscribe to Open, Partner Publications (Diamond Open Access journals), hybrid journals with an Open Access option (Author’s Choice), Green Open Access (self-archiving: for conditions, see “How Can I Share It?” here https://karger.com/pages/rights-and-permissions) |
