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License and conditions:

  • VU University Amsterdam (including VUMC); University of Amsterdam (including AMC); Utrecht University (including UMC Utrecht); University of Groningen (including UMC Groningen); Maastricht University (including MUMC+); Delft University of Technology; Tilburg University; University of Twente; Eindhoven University of Technology are part of this agreement
  • Other participants include Hogeschool van Amsterdam; Hanzehogeschool Groningen; Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen; AMOLF; Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Nederlands Kanker Instituut; Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland; Amphia Ziekenhuis; Catharina Ziekenhuis; Frisius MC; HagaZiekenhuis; Isala; Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis; Maasstad Ziekenhuis; Martini Ziekenhuis; Maxima Medisch Centrum; Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep; OLVG; Rijnstate Hospital; Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis; Spaarne Gasthuis; VieCuri Medisch Centrum; Ziekenhuisgroep Twente; Zuyderland Medisch Centrum; NWO and ZonMw
  • Eligible authors employed or affiliated with one of the participating institutions are eligible to publish in the journals at no cost. However, since the arrangements may vary across institutions, authors are encouraged to check with their respective institutions for specific details regarding the agreements in place
  • All article types are eligible
  • Journals that are part of the agreement are: PLOS ONE; PLOS Complex Systems; PLOS Computational Biology; PLOS Digital Health; PLOS Genetics; PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; PLOS Pathogens
  • Eligible articles accepted for publication will be published under a CC BY license

How does it work?

  • Eligible authors can use the agreement when submitting the article and use the appropriate affiliation information
  • Articles accepted for publication as of 1 January 2025 are eligible for the deal. Eligibility is based on the date of acceptance of the article by the corresponding author

DIAMAS Conversation Series: Applying DOAS – insights from early adopters

The Dutch Diamond Open Access Expertise Center is participating in the “DIAMAS Conversation Series” to share our plans on how we aim to use the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS)  to help guide Dutch Diamond publishers and service providers. We will present how DOAS can help Diamond publishers in providing high quality services to best serve authors and the research community. Diamond OA publishers and service providers are often small players performing activities in isolation and with limited infrastructure – the DOAS can serve as a reference standard in developing a successful publishing enterprise. 

Date: 24 April 2025
Time: 12:00 CEST
Registration: here
More information: here

Webinar: Increasing the Visibility of OA Journal Content with OJS and DOAJ

This webinar will explore how the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) support open-access journal indexing and metadata management. Experts will discuss the role of clear journal policies and structured metadata in successful DOAJ indexing, as well as how Open Journal Systems (OJS) helps journals meet DOAJ’s acceptance criteria. The session will also cover OJS plugins that automate metadata submission and Persistent Identifier (PID) registration. Additionally, participants will be introduced to the PKP Community Forum, a valuable resource for open-access publishers. 

This session is ideal for journal editors and publishers looking to improve the visibility and discoverability of their content.

For more details, visit the event page here.

Deadline: 23 April 2025
Time: 14:00 (Amsterdam time) 
More information: here

 

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Institutional contacts

Erasmus University Rotterdam: [email protected]

Maastricht University: [email protected] 

Radboud University Nijmegen: [email protected]

University of Groningen: [email protected] | [email protected]

Delft Technical University: [email protected]

Eindhoven Technical University: [email protected]

Tilburg University: [email protected]

Leiden University: [email protected]

Open University: [email protected]

University of Twente: [email protected]

Utrecht University: [email protected]

Universiteit of Amsterdam: [email protected]

Free University Amsterdam: [email protected]

Wageningen University & Research: [email protected]

Emerald Publishing Group 2025-2027

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License and conditions

  • All Dutch universities (including University Medical Centers) are part of this agreement.
  • Emerald has a maximum amount of vouchers available annually for free of charge open access. This maximum amount is 101 articles per year. When the annual maximum has been reached, a message will be displayed here.
  • University affiliated (teaching and research staff, students employed/enrolled/otherwise accredited) corresponding authors can publish open access free of charge in some hybrid and all full open access journals.
  • Publication types that are part of the agreement: original articles, review articles.
  • Currently, 345 Emerald journals across 13 subject-oriented collections are available for Open Access (OA) publishing, along with 29 newly included ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) publications. Among these, 56 titles are fully OA, while 348 follow a hybrid OA model. Researchers can publish for free only in journals that are part of the collections subscribed to by their respective universities.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement for your university.

 

How does it work?

  • At submission, use your institutional email address and select the correct institutional affiliation.
  • Upon submission corresponding authors are required to indicate that they want to make their article open access via a mandatory yes/no question.
  • See for more information Emerald's support page about 'Open Access publishing agreements'.

 

Improving Metadata Quality: CrossRef Participation Reports Workshop

Would you like to learn why good metadata is important and how to assess the quality of your metadata on CrossRef? Join this hands-on session for an introduction to metadata best practices and the Participation Reports tool. 

Crossref, as the world’s largest registry of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and metadata for the scholarly research community plays a crucial role in making your scholarly output visible, accessible, and citable. This workshop will explain why metadata matters for research visibility and show you practical ways to improve metadata completeness and quality. 

More information here. 

Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 
Time: 1 PM CEST 
Location: Online (Webex) 
Registration: here. 

Radical Open Access III: From Openness to Social Justice Activism

The Radical Open Access III conference on April 10-11, 2025, will explore how open access can move beyond transparency toward activism and social justice. 

Traditional publishing models often reinforce inequality and exclusivity, limiting access to knowledge. This event will challenge these structures by discussing equitable publishing, open infrastructures, and community-driven alternatives that promote a more just and accessible research landscape. 

More information here. 

Date: Thursday & Friday, April 10-11, 2025 
Location: Cambridge University Library (UK) & Online 
Registration: here 

Save the Date: Developing a Diamond Open Access Discovery kit

Are you a researcher, librarian, faculty liaison, policy advisor, research support officer, or communications professional eager to learn more about Diamond Open Access and how to identify, or support, high-quality Diamond OA journals?

If so, we invite you to this interactive co-creation event, where we will collaboratively design a national Diamond Open Access Discovery Kit. This kit will serve as a practical resource to help navigate, promote, and support Diamond OA publishing at the faculty and department levels.

Date: 28 May 2025

Location: SURF, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Time:  9:30–17:00 CET / Borrel 17:00–18:00

Program and registration: here

 

OScoffee – Rethinking Publishing: Alternative Outputs and Platforms

This OScoffee will focus on alternative publishing formats and the platforms that support them. Traditional journal-based publishing has been criticized for paywalls, slow dissemination, and the limited recognition of non-traditional research outputs. This session will explore preprints, modular publishing, open peer review, and scholarly blogs, highlighting their role in a more open and accessible research landscape.

More information here.

Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Time: 11:00 - 12:00 CET

Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)

Registration: No registration required

Link: Leiden affiliates - Everyone else