Open access in Germany - Wikipedia

"Open access to scholarly communication in Germany has evolved rapidly since the early 2000s. The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine launched in 2004. Publishers Beilstein-Institut, Copernicus Publications, De Gruyter, Knowledge Unlatched, Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, ScienceOpen, Springer Nature, and Universitätsverlag Göttingen (de) belong to the international Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.

Journals 

Many editorial boards of scholarly journals in Germany have decided to publish in open access form, allowing readers to access articles for free, and also to freely reuse the information. Typically, the intention is to foster further research, to advance scholarship and the production of knowledge, and to encourage reuse of research without the obstacle of costly access. Open access journals can be found on digital platforms such as Copernicus Publications (headquartered in Göttingen), Digital Peer Publishing (de), German Medical Science (de), and Living Reviews...."

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