NWO | Open Access Route Planner

0055 MedSci

Medical Sciences No external funding Knowledge equity Professional publication Optional

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

Humanities No external funding Low costs Research article Optional

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

Veterinary Medicine No external funding Knowledge equity Article Optional

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

Geosciences No external funding Knowledge equity Research article Optional

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

Science No external funding Publishing after the end of your contract Article Optional

Faculty policy The Faculty of Science does not prefer a specific open access route for publishing.

0302 chapter nwo

Law, Economics and Governance NWO Publishing after the end of your contract Book chapter Optional

Book chapters NWO requires that book chapters be made available via a repository at most twelve months after publication. An open licence is not required. 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. If the editor chooses to publish behind a paywall, we recommend that you use

0602 Textbook

Science No external funding Knowledge equity Textbook Optional

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

Humanities No external funding Knowledge equity Professional publication Optional

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

Humanities No external funding Knowledge equity Preprint Optional

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

0502 Dissertation NWO

Law, Economics and Governance NWO Publishing work from previous affiliations Dissertation (PhD thesis)Optional

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