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.
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
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
0201 Monograph no funding
Monographs Utrecht University aims for 100% open access publishing, but does not make it mandatory. You are therefore free to publish a book closed access. However, 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 Diamond open access