Springer 2024-2026

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. 
• WARNING: The maximum article quota for 2024 has been reached. From now on submitting authors have to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) to make their article Open Access via the publisher. Alternative routes may be the Taverne route. Please contact the OA representative of your university for conditions and workflow.

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.