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SAGE 2025-2026

Current

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.

The Company of Biologists 2024-2026

Current

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.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2025-2027

Current

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.

Elsevier (2025-2026)

Current

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.

Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024-2026

Current

License and conditions

  • Publish without costs in 368 hybrid and full open access journals by OUP.
  • See this list for an overview of the included journals or use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • All Dutch universities (including the University Medical Centers), except for TU Delft and TU Eindhoven, are participating in this agreement.
  • Corresponding authors must be affiliated with one of the Dutch universities.
  • Publication types that are part of the agreement: original research, review articles, brief reports, case reports and clinical research.
  • In 2024, all participants together are allowed to publish a maximum of 733 articles. In 2025, they are allowed to publish 707 articles, and in 2026, 680. When the maximum is about to be reached, a notification will be placed here.
  • Please note that if color charges apply, these are not covered by the deal and must be paid by the author.

How does it work?

  • The corresponding author logs on to Author Services of OUP.
  • After acceptance of the article choose via OUP’s online licensing and payment system, Author Services for an open access license.
  • By then choosing for refer charges you make sure that the costs will be paid by the pre-payment account of the Dutch universities.
  • The university to which the corresponding author is affiliated has to approve this request.
  • A step by step instruction is available on the website of the publisher.

Cambridge University Press 2024-2026

Current

 

License and conditions

  • There is an agreement with Cambridge University Press to publish open access without any costs in more than 404 (of which 98 are full open access journals) hybrid and full open access journals. Search the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a journal is part of the agreement.
  • The agreement applies to all Dutch universities (including the university medical centres), KNAW and Naturalis.
  • Corresponding authors (teaching/research staff and students employed/enrolled) of participating institutes can publish open access without any costs.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: original research articles, review articles, rapid communication, brief reports and case reports.
  • NB. Please note that there is a maximum of 1400 cost free open access publications in total for this agreement for Dutch Universities. When the maximum is about to be reached, a notification will be placed here. For KNAW and Naturalis there is no article cap.

 

How does it work?

  • Corresponding authors must use their institutional email address during submission.
  • After an article has been accepted, the corresponding author may indicate under which affiliation he/she submitted the article; CUP will know that the author is entitled to remission.
  • Cleck the 'Apply Discount' button confirm open access publication.

Wiley 2024-2026

Current

License and conditions

  • Authors of the Dutch Universities (including University Medical Centres) and the KNAW can publish without costs in 1.317 hybrid open access journals by Wiley.
  • Wiley's full open access journals are NOT covered in this agreement.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • For the publisher, the responsible corresponding author, is the author who submits the article to the journal and corresponds with the publisher during the publication process. Only this author can receive the discount. He or she doesn't have to be the first author.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: Primary research and review articles, including – but not limited to – original articles, case studies, reviews (excluding book reviews) and short communications. For more information please ask your university open access contact.

How does it work?

  • Once your article is accepted, register or log-in to Wiley Author Services. On your Author Dashboard in Author Services, click ‘Order OnlineOpen’. If your request is approved, you will receive a confirmation mail.
  • Use the email address of your institution at any time when having contact with Wiley and during the submitting process. Wiley uses this address to detect if you are eligible for this deal. In doing so during the submitting process you will get the information you need to make the publication available in open access without additional costs.

Taylor & Francis 2024-2026

Current

License and conditions

  • All Dutch universities (including University Medical Centers) are part of this agreement.
  • Corresponding authors of these institutes (teaching and research staff, students employed/enrolled/otherwise accredited) can publish open access free of charge in ca 2200 hybrid (Open Select) journals of Taylor & Francis.
  • 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 papers and review papers.
  • NOT covered are: editorials, announcements and book reviews.
  • Please note that there is a maximum of 1451 open access publications per year for this agreement.

 

How does it work?

  • Use your institutional email address and select the correct institutional affiliation in the submission/publishing workflow of Taylor & Francis.
  • After the publisher has accepted the paper, the corresponding author will be invited to publish in open access.
  • See the workflow documentation for further explanation.

 

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) 2024-2026

Current

License and conditions

  • Participating institutes (including University Medical Centers) in this agreement are Utrecht University (UU), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), University of Groningen (RUG), Leiden University (UL), VU Amsterdam (VU), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Maastricht University (UM)
  • Corresponding authors of these institutes (teaching and research staff, students employed/enrolled/otherwise accredited) can publish open access free of charge in approximately 250 hybrid journals of Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (LWW).
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to determine if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • The agreement applies to the following types of publications: original articles, review articles, case reports.
  • NB. The agreement applies to a maximum number of open access publications per year: 270 in 2024, 273 in 2025 and 276 in 2026. When approaching the maximum, an announcement will appear here.

How does it work?

  • On submission, use your institutional email address and select the correct institutional affiliation; LWW will use this information on acceptance of the publication to check eligibility for open access without any costs.
  • Your publication will be published open access with a CC BY license by LWW.

 

Springer 2024-2026

Current

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.

 

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.