Update: open access agreements

Elsevier open access journals increase from 266 to 396

The number of Elsevier journals in which corresponding authors of Dutch universities can publish their articles without costs increased from 266 to 396 . Starting 8 December 2016, all accepted articles are eligible for this scheme, which is part of the Elsevier-VSNU agreement 2016-2018. The agreement enables Dutch universities to make 30% of their researchers' publications gold open access by 2018.

Open access agreement with Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press and the Dutch universities have agreed on a new three-year deal which also includes open access publishing. The agreement goes into effect immediately (reading rights) and ends on 31 December 2020. As for publishing open access articles, there is an agreement for all articles from Dutch authors that appear in the approximately 750 journals in 2019 and 2020. They will be accessible to everyone worldwide, at no extra cost for the authors.

New deal with Springer

The Association of Universities in the Netherlands ( VSNU) and Springer have an agreement on a new deal on open access publishing by corresponding authors of Dutch universities. They are allowed to publish 2,080 articles in Springer journals with no extra costs per year for the duration of the deal (2018-2021). This amount is the result of the experiences during the former deal. More information about this deal .

No new deal with Royal Society of Chemistry

The negotiations between the Dutch universities and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) on online access to their journals, including publishing open access, did not succeed. This means that the latest articles will not be accessible for staff of Dutch universities from 1 April 2018 onwards.