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Wiley 2024-2026

License and conditions

  • Authors of the Dutch Universities (including University Medical Centres) and the KNAW can publish without costs in 1.317 hybrid open access journals by Wiley.
  • Wiley's full open access journals are NOT covered in this agreement.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • For the publisher, the responsible corresponding author, is the author who submits the article to the journal and corresponds with the publisher during the publication process. Only this author can receive the discount. He or she doesn't have to be the first author.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: Primary research and review articles, including – but not limited to – original articles, case studies, reviews (excluding book reviews) and short communications. For more information please ask your university open access contact.

How does it work?

  • Once your article is accepted, register or log-in to Wiley Author Services. On your Author Dashboard in Author Services, click ‘Order OnlineOpen’. If your request is approved, you will receive a confirmation mail.

  • Use the email address of your institution at any time when having contact with Wiley and during the submitting process. Wiley uses this address to detect if you are eligible for this deal. In doing so during the submitting process you will get the information you need to make the publication available in open access without additional costs.

Taylor & Francis 2024-2026

License and conditions

  • All Dutch universities (including University Medical Centers) are part of this agreement.
  • Corresponding authors of these institutes (teaching and research staff, students employed/enrolled/otherwise accredited) can publish open access free of charge in almost 2200 hybrid (Open Select) journals of Taylor & Francis.
  • 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 papers and review papers.
  • NOT covered are: editorials, announcements and book reviews.
  • Please note that there is a maximum of 1451 open access publications per year for this agreement. When the maximum is about to be reached, a notification will be placed here.

 

How does it work?

  • Use your institutional email address and select the correct institutional affiliation in the submission/publishing workflow of Taylor & Francis.
  • After the publisher has accepted the paper, the corresponding author will be invited to publish in open access.
  • See the workflow documentation for further explanation.

 

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) 2024-2026

License and conditions

  • Participating institutes (including University Medical Centers) in this agreement are Utrecht University (UU), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), University of Groningen (RUG), Leiden University (UL), VU Amsterdam (VU), University of Amsterdam (UvA), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Maastricht University (UM)
  • Corresponding authors of these institutes (teaching and research staff, students employed/enrolled/otherwise accredited) can publish open access free of charge in approximately 250 hybrid journals of Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (LWW).
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to determine if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • The agreement applies to the following types of publications: original articles, review articles, case reports.
  • NB. The agreement applies to a maximum number of open access publications per year: 270 in 2024, 273 in 2025 and 276 in 2026. When approaching the maximum, an announcement will appear here.

How does it work?

  • On submission, use your institutional email address and select the correct institutional affiliation; LWW will use this information on acceptance of the publication to check eligibility for open access without any costs.
  • Your publication will be published open access with a CC BY license by LWW.

 

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. 

 

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.

IOP Publishing 2023-2025

License and conditions:

  • Corresponding authors of participation universities (including University Medical Centers) can publish - dependent on the agreement of their institution - open access without any costs in a selection of the hybrid and full open access journals of IOP when their article is accepted between 01-01-2023 and 31-12-2025.
  • Participating universities: Twente University , University of Groningen, TU Delft, University of Amsterdam, TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University, Radboud University and Leiden University.
  • See for an overview of included hybrid journals the website of IOP or make use of the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement for your university.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: research papers, special issue papers and letters.
  • NB. some journals from list B charge additonal fees (page charges or publication fees) not related to open access. These costs are not covered by the agreement.

 

How does it work?

  • Use preferably your institutional email address and correct affiliation during submission.
  • IOP Publishing will identify articles from eligible corresponding authors during the peer review process.
  • Articles will be published automatically open access with a CC-BY license.
  • See also the instructional submission guide from the publisher.
  • Articles published on a subscription basis, but subsequently identified as eligible can be published open access retrospectively on request of the author.

Annual Reviews 2023-2025

License and conditions:

  • These institutions particpate in the agreement: Erasmus University, Radboud University, Groningen University, TU Delft, TU/e, University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Utrecht University, Tilburg University, Leiden University and Wageningen University.
  • Under the Subscribe to Open (S20) model the publisher will transfer journals with enough financial support to open access.
  • Open access publishing in the S2O journals from the publisher is cost free, also for authors from institutions tthat do not participate in this agreement.
  • See for an overview of the S2O journals the website of Annual Reviews or make use of the Open Access Journal Browser.

 

How does it work?

  • Subscribe to Open (S2O) is a model for publishers to convert subscription journals to open access in which subscribers who hold on to their subscriptions support this transition. See for more information the website of Annual Reviews on the model.

IOS Press 2023-2025

License and conditions:

  • Participating in the agreement are: Erasmus University Rotterdam, VU University Amsterdam, University of Groningen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Leiden University, TU Delft, University of Amsterdam, University of Twente, Maastricht University, Tiburg University and TU Eindhoven (including University Medical Centers).
  • Corresponding authors (teaching/research staff and students) employed/enrolled at participating institutes can publish their articles open access without any costs in all IOS Press open journals.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser for an overview of eligible journals or search for a specific journal to see if it is part of the agreement.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: all article types.

 

How does it work?

  • Use your institutional email address and institutional network during submission. Make your affiliation clear.
  • When articles are accepted for publishing, open access is the default option. Articles will be published as open access under a CC BY license.

 

Walter de Gruyter 2023-2025

License and conditions

  • University of Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam  University of Groningen, Radboud University Nijmegen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Tilburg University, Utrecht University, Wageningen University, Maastricht University and Leiden University (including University Medical Centers) are part of this agreement.
  • Publish without costs in 294 hybrid, 109 full open access and 16 S2O journals.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a journal is part of the agreement.
  • Publication types that are part of the agreement: original research article, review article, original article, opinion, short communication, case report, editorial, work group report, book review, letter to editor, congress abstract.
     

How does it work?

  • Walter de Gruyter uses the CCC RightsLink platform
  • Corresponding authors have to use their institutional emailaddress during submission.
  • After choosing the open access option a notification will tell you that the APC is covered by your institution.
  • The article will be published open access with a CC-BY license after acceptance.

AIP Publishing (AIPP) 2022-2025

Details and conditions of the licence

  • The corresponding author with the publisher is affiliated with a participating Dutch university or institution. Only then can open access be published under the agreement at no extra cost.
  • Participating universities (incl. university medical centres) are: Radboud University, University of Groningen, Delft University, Eindhoven University, Maastricht University, Twente University, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam.
  • The agreement applies to 26 AIPP hybrid journals. See the Open Access Journal Browser for an overview, or use it to search for a specific journal.
  • The following article types are covered by the agreement: research articles and updates, reviews, brief communications, communication conference articles, fast tracks of article-FT, letters, notes, roadmaps, perspectives and tutorials.
  • Within this agreement, a maximum number of free open access articles can be published each year by corresponding authors from the participating institutions: 126 in 2022, 133 in 2023, 141 in 2024 and 139 in 2025.
  • Start date of the agreement is 1 August 2022. To be eligible for free open access, the acceptance date must be after 1 August 2022 and before 31 December 2025. 

How does it work?

  • The corresponding author with the publisher, which for the publisher is the one who submits the article, must use the appropriate affiliation via the drop-down menu when submitting and use the institution's email address.
  • When submitting the publication, the corresponding author can indicate that the article should be published in open access.
  • After approval by the institution, the articles are published open access with a CC BY license.

 

Brill 2022-2025

 

License and conditions:

  • Publish without any costs open access in hybrid and full open access Brill journals starting January 1st 2022.
  • Use the Open Access Journal Browser to find out if a specific journal is part of the agreement.
  • Corresponding authors (teaching/research staff and students) employed/enrolled at participating institutes can publish their articles open access without any costs.
  • Publication types that are part of the deal: original research articles, review articles.
  • Eligible institutions  (including University Medical Centers) are: University of Amsterdam (UvA), VU University Amsterdam (VU), University of Groningen (RUG), Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Tilburg University (UvT), Utrecht University (UU), Wageningen University (WUR), Leiden University (UL) and Open University (OU).

 

How does it work?

  • Use your institutional email address and institutional network during submission. Make clear that you are affiliated with an eligible institute.
  • The article will be published open access after acceptance without any costs.
  • Another possibility is contacting Brill directly at [email protected] to request to make a publication open access.