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Over thirty Dutch research institutions have entered into a new open access agreement with the publisher PLOS (Public Library of Science). The deal covers seven scientific journals, including PLOS ONE, and allows researchers affiliated with the participating organizations to publish open access in these journals over the next two years as part of a national consortium agreement.

Join the Diamond Open Access Expertise Centre and local universities for a one-day event aimed at “Developing a Diamond Open Access Discovery Kit”.

Join this workshop to learn how to make your research, research support, or events (such as presentations, training, engagement activities) more open, participatory, and inclusive in the broadest sense of the word.

The fifth edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival will take place on 24 October 2025 at the University of Groningen. Be sure to mark your calendar!

The petition "Call to Commitment: A Future-Proof Approach to Open Access Publishing in The Netherlands" has now over 400 signatories. More are needed to inspire OA negotiations toward a sustainable publishing model.

In this symposium, we will explore how Open Science can help to fight injustice, by centering decolonial and anticolonial Open Science initiatives. 

This guide aims to support editorial teams in formulating their wishes and priorities, negotiating with their publisher, making sense of the Diamond publishing landscape and finding a route to Diamond OA that fits their journal’s aims and priorities.

Online portfolio on diamond open accessFrom 21 to 27 October 2024, it is International Open Access Week. This year's theme

Are you interested in publishing your book Open Access, but you cannot pay the hefty Book Processing Charge (BPC)? Then

Dutch university libraries have several agreements in place with different traditional academic publishers. These agreements allow corresponding authors affiliated with