0105 Article ERC
Articles ERC mandates the immediate open access publication of research articles. You can follow these routes: We recommend you share your article first as a preprint on a preprint server. As a result, your research results are immediately available. It could lead to extra feedback from your peers or your community and contribute to your
0602 Textbook
Textbooks A textbook is a type of educational material. You are not obliged to publish it as open access. However, keep in mind that if you publish a textbook on a closed (subscription-based) platform, the University of Utrecht cannot always provide access. Your students will then have to pay to access the book. To make
0601 professional publication
Professional publications Professional publications are publications for a non-academic audience. For instance, a newspaper article or a contribution to a professional journal. You don’t need to publish these publications open access and often it is also not possible.
0110 Preprints
Preprints You are not obliged to share your preprint openly. However, we do recommend that you do so. This is because it makes your research findings immediately available, can lead to additional peer or community feedback, and helps to raise your profile. Sharing a preprint before publishing in a journal Most journals accept submissions of
0503 Dissertation ZonMW ERC CoalitionS
PhD dissertations Upload your thesis to MyPhD. A few days before your defense, your thesis will be made open access via the UU Repository. However, it is possible to postpone the publication date (embargo). Article-based dissertation It is likely, given your funder’s open access requirements, that all articles in your dissertation are already openly available and you are free to share them
0502 Dissertation NWO
PhD dissertations Upload your thesis to MyPhD. A few days before your defense, your thesis will be made open access via the UU Repository. However, it is possible to postpone the publication date (embargo). In that case, make sure you comply with NWO’s requirement and make your dissertation open access within twelve months of your PhD Defense. Article-based dissertation It is likely, given NWO’s open access requirements, that all articles in
0501 Dissertation no-funding non-coalitionS
PhD dissertations Upload your thesis to MyPhD. A few days before your defense, your thesis will be made open access via the UU Repository. However, it is possible to postpone the publication date (embargo). Article-based dissertation Have some or all of the articles in your dissertation already been published? And did you transfer the copyright of these articles to the publisher? Then
0206 Monograph non-CoalitionS
Monographs Check with your funder what requirements they set for making your book open access, and if you are allowed to pay any publication costs from your research budget. If you wish to publish open access, you can follow these routes: Diamond open access What is Diamond open access? How does the funding work? In
0205 Monograph CoalitionS
Monographs cOAlition S lets the associated funders determine their own open access policy for books and book chapters. So check with your funder what requirements they set for making your book open access, and if you are allowed to pay any publication costs from your research budget. If you wish to publish open access, you
0204 Monograph ERC
Monographs ERC (Horizon Europe) requires that all research output is published open access right away. This also applies to books. You can follow these routes to meet the requirements: Diamond open access What is Diamond open access? How does the funding work? In Diamond open access the author does not have to pay publication costs.