{"id":2881,"date":"2023-02-03T10:31:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.university-press.fau.de\/?page_id=2881"},"modified":"2025-06-30T06:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:29:46","slug":"publikationsethische-richtlinien","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.university-press.fau.de\/en\/publikationsethische-richtlinien\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Principles of Transparency<\/h2>\n

1. Ownership and Management<\/h3>\n

The University Library supervises and manages FAU University Press on behalf of Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg (FAU). The University Library is a central institution of the FAU. It is legally represented by the director of the University Library, Ms. Konstanze S\u00f6llner. The current publishing manager of FAU University Press is Mr. Dominik Baumgartner.<\/p>\n

All series editors and members of the Academic Advisory Board are listed at http:\/\/www.university-press.fau.de\/herausgeber-en.shtml<\/a> . They are not tied to quantitative requirements or derive a monetary benefit from the series publications.\nThe publishing staff as well as the management undergo regular internal and external training. Our staff is also part of the working group of German university publishers (AG Universit\u00e4tsverlage,https:\/\/blog.bibliothek.kit.edu\/ag_univerlage\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

2. Contact Information<\/h3>\n

University Library of Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg
FAU University Press
Universit\u00e4tsstra\u00dfe 4
91054 Erlangen \nGermany<\/p>\n

Please address any questions to: university-press@fau.de<\/a>.
Phone: +49 (0) 9131 85-29324<\/p>\n

3. FAU University Press Website<\/h3>\n

Web team
Coordination: Ulrike Riedlberger
Web design: Webteam of the UB Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, E-Mail:\u00a0 ub-webmaster@fau.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The web team has compiled and verified all information provided on this website with the greatest possible care. If you become aware of any form of misuse of the website, please immediately inform the web team and the department responsible for computer security. For more information and contact details, please see: https:\/\/www.rrze.fau.de\/infocenter\/kontakt-hilfe\/sicherheitsvorfaelle\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FAU University Press uses the online publication system OPEN FAU as a central electronic archiving and publication platform.<\/p>\n

4. Names of our Series<\/h3>\n

Our series titles are unique (usually FAU Forschungen or FAU Studien) and will never mislead potential authors and readers about the series\u2019 origin or association with other series. The series titles are registered within the Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB, http:\/\/zdb-katalog.de<\/a>) and the National ISSN Centre (http:\/\/www.dnb.de\/EN\/Wir\/Kooperation\/ISSN\/issn_node.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n

5. Publishing Schedule<\/h3>\n

The periodicity of our journals are indicated on the homepage: https:\/\/www.university-press.fau.de\/produkt-kategorie\/reihen\/<\/a>. The FAU University Press book series do not appear in regular intervals.<\/p>\n

6. Access<\/h3>\n

FAU University Press is a pure open access publisher. All publications are freely accessible online at https:\/\/www.university-press.fau.de\/shop\/<\/a> and via OPEN FAU<\/a> .<\/p>\n

7. Archiving<\/h3>\n

The university library guarantees the security and data protection for OPEN FAU in cooperation with the Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen. In addition, regular storage and backup routines are carried out. For indexing, storage and archiving of the electronic documents as well as the exchange of metadata, international standards such as the guidelines of the Open Archives Initiative are used. All publications are also forwarded to the German National Library's archive server and digitally preserved there.<\/p>\n

8. Advertising<\/h3>\n

Usually, no advertising will be served or accepted. In agreed cases, series editors may promote the volumes of their series appropriately, for example with a list of the published volumes within the series publications.<\/p>\n

Aims & Scope<\/h2>\n

9. Aims and Scope<\/h3>\n

In accordance with its Open Science Policy<\/a> , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg (FAU) offers its researchers the option of publishing their work open access with the university\u2019s support. In this spirit, FAU University Press will not only make high quality print copies of a publication available at reasonable cost but will also facilitate worldwide electronic access to the publication in line with the open access concept. This ensures the optimal visibility and citability of a work and the research results can be readily found by search engines.<\/p>\n

FAU University Press highlights the academic output of FAU and promotes open access in fields in which the publication of monographs is deemed to be of considerable relevance. The open access publishing programme of FAU University Press is expected to grow exponentially, both with regard to its subject range and the number of available titles, making research at FAU accessible to the international academic community.<\/p>\n

Works published cover the full range of disciplines taught at FAU.<\/p>\n