Read & Publish Agreements Negotiated by CAUL

Karger Publishers in Basel, Switzerland, is a global, medical and scientific publishing company. Independent and family-run in the fourth generation, Karger is dedicated to serving the information needs of the scientific community with publications of high-quality content, covering all fields of medical science. The company puts great emphasis on direct and personal relationships with all its partners.

The Karger publishing program comprises more than 100 peer-reviewed journals as well as up to 15 new book releases every year. The range of publications includes a growing number of Open Access journals. In line with the company's commitment to the global transfer of knowledge, Karger content is published predominantly in English, with a strong focus on basic and clinical research, and is in general available electronically online.

Institutions participating in the CAUL Read & Publish Agreement include:

• Auckland University of Technology
• Curtin University
• Macquarie University
• Monash University
• University of Adelaide
• University of Auckland
• University of Queensland
• University of South Australia
• University of Western Australia

From 2023, the following institutions will also participate in this agreement:

• James Cook University

Authors who do not see their institution listed above should contact library staff to enquire further.

View the list of included titles.

Corresponding authors from institutions listed under 'Participating institutions' may publish immediately to open access on the publisher's platform once the article has been accepted, with no transactional APCs. 

Articles from authors at member institutions will be published under a CC-BY-NC license, which allows reuse (with some conditions) while protecting the authors' rights of acknowledgment as authors.

Submit your article via the publisher's submission platform. Links to submit are provided on each journal's page on the publisher website.

View the Karger Publishers' website for information for authors.

The publisher undertakes manual checks to identify authors eligible for open access publishing under the terms of the agreement. Contact the publisher if you have any questions about this process. Contact details are available on the publisher's information for authors page.

This agreement is for a single year on an opt-in basis.

The agreement provides perpetual access to Karger Backfiles (Backfiles were previously a separate purchase. Archives are available for separate purchase).

• The agreement provides open access publishing in all Karger journals by corresponding authors of institutions listed under 'Participating institutions'. 
• There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published under the agreement.
• There are no transactional APCs or other service charges for papers submitted by corresponding authors from participating institutions.

From August 2021, Karger will provide regular publishing reports with article level information.

Librarians can sign up to receive alerts when new articles are published. View the publisher's information for librarians for more information.

• Green open access is allowed with no embargo. 
• Libraries may use the published article for repositories, however, they must show the copyright belongs to Karger and the link to the article must link to the publisher’s platform.
• Authors may use the author accepted version for self-archiving.
• There is no automated loading to institutional repositories.

• Articles are deposited directly to PubMed.
• Article metadata is also sent to the Directory of Open Access Journals.