Maximum number of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins open access articles 2024 reached

On Monday, October 21, the maximum number of articles eligible for open access publication in 2024 with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) has been reached. Dutch universities have published a total of 270 articles this year.

If your manuscript is accepted between the cap being reached and January 1, 2025, the publisher will still offer the possibility to publish Open Access, but the Article Processing Charges (APC) will not be covered by the agreements. This means that the costs will need to be covered by the author.

If you are faced with this situation and lack the funds to cover these costs, the best alternative is to choose to publish under ‘closed-access’ and make use of the Taverne amendment to share your article in your institutional repository after a six-month embargo. The procedure differs per university and UMC.

If you have any questions, please contact your university's open access contact.