0055 MedSci
Faculty policy The Faculty of Medical Sciences prefers the publication of articles in diamond and some gold journals. More information can be found in the UMC Utrecht publication strategy. Check the list of open access journals in PubMed.
0054 Humanities
Faculty policy The Faculty of Humanities prefers diamond open access publishing. The faculty has a fund to support diamond journals and book publishers that researchers in the Humanities publish with.
0052 VetMed
Faculty policy The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has no preference for a specific open access route. Check the list of open access journals in PubMed.
0053 Geo
Faculty policy The Faculty of Geosciences has no preference for a specific open access route. Choose a publication form that matches the audience you want to reach. The faculty has a fund that will (partially) reimburse open access costs for articles and books that are published in gold open access, under certain conditions.
0051 Science
Faculty policy The Faculty of Science does not prefer a specific open access route for publishing.
0303 chapter ERC
Book chapters ERC (Horizon Europe) requires that all research output from its funded projects be published immediately as open access. This also applies to book chapters. If the editor of the edited volume to which you are contributing opts for diamond or gold open access, your chapter will immediately be made open access. Please note: any publication costs for book chapters can only be paid
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