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13 March 2023

SAVE THE DATE - 31 August 2023 - National Open Science Festival

Get ready for the third edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival ! After last year’s successful event with...
Open Science
20 January 2023

S2O deals with Annual Reviews and Amsterdam University Press

Dutch universities have signed a so-called S2O deal with two publishers: Annual Reviews and Amsterdam University Press (AUP). S2O means...
13 January 2023

NARCIS.nl will go offline from July 3rd, 2023

DANS will decommission the NARCIS Portal. This means that from January, all content related to projects, persons and organisations on...
NARCIS
repository
25 November 2022

The maximum number of open access articles that can be published free of charge at Emerald in 2022 was reached on 25 November

Corresponding authors affiliated with a Dutch university participating in the Read & Publish agreement with publisher Emerald will no longer...
08 November 2022

90% of publications based on NWO and ZonMw research funding open access

More and more publications are becoming available in open access. This is a deliberate policy of NWO and ZonMw. By...
NWO
open access monitor
19 September 2022

The 2022 maximum for free of charge open access publishing in Springer journals is reached on the 21th of November

Since 2015, corresponding authors affiliated with Dutch Universities, University Medical Centres and the KNAW institutes can publish Open Access in...
golden road
VSNU
08 September 2022

Impressions of the National Open Science Festival 2022

This text is an adaptation of the text originally published by the Open Science Festival blog . On 1 September...
17 August 2022

New open access deal with American Institute of Physics Publishing (AIPP)

A number of Dutch universities and UMCs have entered into a Read and Publish agreement with AIP Publishing (AIPP). Corresponding...
25 July 2022

The Dutch Data Prize

Every two years, the Dutch Data Prize is awarded to an individual or a team that makes research data FAIR...
open data
01 July 2022

Dutch Open Access monitor is renewed

The national partnership of university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands, UKB, monitors the peer-reviewed articles that appear...
monitoring
open access monitor
25 May 2022

Diamond open access fund University of Groningen

The University of Groningen has launched a diamond open access stimulus fund. The fund aims to support diamond open access...
10 May 2022

Plan S calls for authors to claim their rights

To help researchers acknowledge and assert their rights, cOAlition S is launching an online campaign "Publish with Power: Protect your...
19 April 2022

Open Science Festival 2022

On 1 September 2022, the second edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival will take place at the Vrije...
Open Science
25 February 2022

Open access book fund launched for RUG and UMCG authors

The University of Groningen (RUG) has introduced an open access book fund. UG- or UMCG-affiliated authors can apply for funding...
open access books
24 February 2022

1 millionth open access publication

A milestone in the Netherlands! NARCIS provides access to over 1 million scientific open access publications! This enormous number has...
NARCIS
24 February 2022

UKB consortium signs new deals for access to scientific journals and open access publishing

Early 2022, the UKB consortium renewed a number of 'read and publish' contracts with major publishers. Through these deals, the...
30 November 2021

European Commission publishes scoping report on research assessment

The European Commission published a scoping report summarizing the outcomes of extensive consultations with European and international stakeholders, that took...
open access policy
Open Science
22 November 2021

Consultation National Programme Open Science

The Dutch National Program Open Science (NPOS) has set up an online open consultation. The aim of this consultation is...
EOSC
Open Science
VSNU
28 October 2021

Practical Guide on Preprints Published

The Dutch consortium of university libraries and the National library of the Netherlands (UKB) together with the Association of Universities...
Open Science
peer review
27 October 2021

Open Access figures for 2020 published. A significant increase, but for 100% an even firmer approach is needed

Today the VSNU announced that the Dutch universities have published 73% of their academic articles Open Access in 2020. This...
golden road
green road
monitoring
open access policy
open access monitor
open access week
Open Science
VSNU

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