Springer 2024-2026

Publishing open access in 2,000 hybrid journals at no cost to the author. Note: capped deal (2025 cap expected to be reached in November)

License and conditions

• Articles by corresponding authors from Dutch universities (including University Medical Centers) will be published in open access, at no cost to the author.
• The agreement applies to more than 2,000 hybrid journals within the Springer OpenChoice programme, with the exception of titles from learned societies, BioMedCentral and SpringerOpen.
• Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement
• Publication types that are part of the agreement: original research articles, review articles, brief communication,  continuing education.
• Note that this agreement covers a maximum of 2,067 publication per year.
• We expect that in November the consortium article quota for 2025 with Springer will be reached. Please note that when the maximum has been reached, publishers will invoice individual authors for the open access fees (the APC) of their accepted manuscript. Alternative options for Open Access may be the Repository route supported by your institution or the Rights Retention Strategy.

How does it work?

• At article acceptance you will be asked to confirm your affiliation by choosing it in the “Special Affiliation” drop-down menu and agree to the open access copyright and license terms.
• The selected institute will verify your affiliation.

More information on Springer's website.

This contract discloses the 'Springer UKB-SURF agreement 2024-2026'.