License and conditions

• Participating institutions (including University Medical Centers) are: University of Amsterdam (UvA), VU University Amsterdam (VU), University of Groningen (RUG), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tilburg University (TiU) Utrecht University (UU), Wageningen University (WUR), Maastricht University (UM) and Leiden University (UL).
• The corresponding author with the publisher must be associated with one of the universities to publish open access without costs.
• The agreement covers all hybrid and full open access journals from Karger. Use the Open Access Journal browser for an overview or to find a specific journal.
• Publication types that are part of the deal: all article types.

How does it work?

• At submission, the corresponding author with the author must select the institution and use the email address of that institution.
• Affiliated institution will be alerted of your open access funding request and, if the request is approved, your work will be published open access via a CC-BY or CC BY-NC license.

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License and conditions:

• Publish without any costs open access in hybrid and full open access AUP journals starting January 1st 2025.
• Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
• Corresponding authors (teaching/research staff and students) employed/enrolled at participating institutes can publish their articles open access without any costs.
• Eligible institutions are: University of Amsterdam (UvA), VU University Amsterdam (VU), University of Groningen (RUG), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tilburg University (UvT), Utrecht University (UU), Wageningen University (WUR), Leiden University (UL), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Technical University of Eindhoven (TUE), University of Maastricht (UM), University of Twente (UT) and Open University (OU).

How does it work?

• Use your institutional email address and institutional network during submission. Make clear that you are affiliated with an eligible institute.
• The article will be published open access after acceptance without any costs.

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License and conditions

• Corresponding authors must be affiliated to a Dutch university or their University Medical Center.
• The agreement covers: Original Papers, Review Papers, Brief Communications, Continuing Education, Case Reports, Letters to the editor and Invited Letters. Articles published as part of commercially sponsored supplements are excluded from this agreement. Articles published in society owned titles, where permission is not granted by the owner society are also excluded.
• Valid for publications entered into SAGE’s production system during the term of this agreement. Open access discounts cannot be claimed after publication.
• 100% discount on open access article processing charge for 932 Hybrid OA SAGE Premier 2022 collection.
• For the 211 SAGE Pure Gold OA journals a 20% reduction on open access publishing costs is automatically applied.
• Use the Open Access Journal Browser for an overview or to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.

How does it work?

• Sage will recognize the corresponding author as a researcher of a Dutch university, based on e-mail affiliation and selected institution. Authors should therefore use their institutional email address.
• Upon acceptance of the article for publication in a SAGE Choice journal, the corresponding author receives an email from SAGE with the request to complete a form and return it immediately. The publisher will send you a personal message with a request to fill out a form and send it by return mail. The article is made open access without cost if SAGE receives the form in a timely manner. The form asks for a code, but you do not have to fill it out. Articles cannot be made open access after publication.
• The 20% discount (VSNU agreement discount) for publication in SAGE's Pure Gold Access Journal will automatically be applied to the author processing charge when the corresponding autor is recognized as affiliated to a Dutch university.

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License and conditions:

Authors (corresponding authors) of participating universities can publish open access without any costs according to the following scheme:

Five-journal package (Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Biology Open):

• Erasmus University Rotterdam
• The Netherlands Cancer Institute
• University of Amsterdam
• University of Groningen
• Utrecht University
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Three-journal package (Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology):

• Leiden University
• Maastricht University
• Radboud University
• Wageningen University & Research Centre

Publication types that are part of the deal:

• Research Articles

How does it work?

• At submission: use your institutional email address and select your correct affiliation, follow the instructions and select – already in this stage – that the article will be published ‘Gold Open Access’ with use of a ‘Read & Publish fee waiver’.
• At acceptance: fill in the Publication Agreemeent. Login to the Rightslink System and select ‘Seek funding from [name institution]’, check your information and send the request for approval.
• The article will be published with a CC BY license.
• See the publisher’s website for a more elaborate explanation of the procedure.

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