License and Conditions

• The agreement applies to 57 hybrid and full OA journals from RSC. You can find out which titles are eligible in the Open Access Journal Browser.
• The open access deal applies to corresponding authors from AMOLF and the Dutch universities (including University Medical Centres), except for Erasmus University (EUR), Open University (OU), and Tilburg University (UVT).
• Publication types that are part of the agreement: original research, edge, feature and concise articles, (critical) review articles, opinion and paper, perspective, communication, technical innovation and notes (and more, please contact your open access experts for more information).

How does it work?

Use the email address of your own institution!

• The author of an accepted article will receive an email with a link to the RSC license system.
• On this page you will find all information about the publication that was submitted when submitting. You cannot change this information at this time. That is possible later in the production process.
• If you click on "Start", you will automatically be identified as an author of an institution that has a Read and Publish that corresponds to RSC. This is done based on your institutional email address.
• You will then be taken to a page on which you can choose either "Standard publication" or "Gold open access publication". Choose "Gold open access publication" here. If you don't, you will be informed in a pop-up that the university has arranged an open access publishing option for you at no extra cost. On the page you will see costs; you don't have to take these into account. These costs are waived.
• In the next step you can choose a Creative Commons License. Choose CC-BY as it is the preferred choice by most universities and funders.
• Do not forget to agree to the terms of the chosen license.
• You will then receive a confirmation that your institution has already paid for the Article Processing Charges (APC).
• You will then see an overview page on your screen with all the information you have provided.
• You click on "Confirm and Finish" to complete the process
• See the workflow documentation for explanation.

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License and conditions

• This agreement is for the period of 2025-2026, with the possibility to extend for 2027
• All accepted articles by eligible authors of Dutch universities ( including University Medical Centres), Universities of Applied Sciences, NWO and the KNAW in the selected journals by Elsevier are eligible for open access publication without extra cost
• Publication types that are part of the agreement: Full Length Article, Review Article, Short Communication, Case Report, Data, Micro-article, Original Software Publication, Practical Guideline, Protocol, Replication Study, Short Survey, Video. Other publication types as Letters, Editiorals and Discussions are currently NOT part of the agreement but can instead be made freely available under 'promotional access' on request by the author(s) by contacting [email protected]
• If accepted for publication in an Eligible Journal, the journal article shall automatically present CC BY unless the Eligible Author requests an alternative license
• N.B. New journals are included in the agreement several times. The APC discount conditions only apply to these journals if articles are submitted after date of inclusion. Search for a journal in the Open Access Journal Browser to see after which date an article must have been submitted to be eligible for a full APC discount

How does it work?

• Indicate in the publication stage (author journey) of your article that your research was conducted at a Dutch university, a NWO or KNAW research institute, or a university of applied sciences. 
• Indicate that you opt for a CC-BY license.
• See the workflow for further explanation.
• Then choose the Gold Open Access option.

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