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Utrecht University aims for 100% open access publishing, but does not make it mandatory. You may therefore publish the article as a closed-access article.
Would you like to publish open access? If so, you can take these routes:
- Diamond open access
- Gold open access
- Hybrid open access
- Green open access, via the Taverne scheme
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 it may contribute to your visibility.
Diamond open access
What is Diamond open access?
- Publication in a full open access journal.
- Publication is immediately open access.
- Free of charge for authors.
- Publication has an open license (preferably CC BY).
How does the funding work?
In Diamond open access the author does not have to pay publication costs. The publishers are funded by the academic community.
Where do I find the journals?
- In the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) use the filter ‘Without fees’.
- In the European Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH).
- In A curated list of Diamond OA journals in the Netherlands.
Gold Open Access
What is Gold open access?
- Publication in a full open access journal.
- Publication is immediately open access.
- Involves publication costs (APCs).
- Publication has an open license, preferably CC BY.
How does the funding work?
You may be able to make use of an open access deal. This will result in up to a 100% discount on the APCs. Alternatively, ask your department if they are willing to cover these costs for you.
A very small number of Gold journals will waive the APC for authors without access to funding. Other journals provide APC waivers or discounts in exchange for peer review work.
Where do I find the journals?
- In the UU Journal Browser you can check if gold open access journals are also part of open access deals.
- The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) contains both gold and diamond journals, as well as information about APCs.
Please note: a deal between the UU and a particular publisher does not necessarily guarantee the scientific quality of all included journals. Always keep a critical eye. Read more about reliable publishers and predatory publishers.
Hybrid open access
What is hybrid open access?
- Publication in a subscription journal that makes individual articles open access on request.
- Publication is immediately open access.
- Involves publication costs (APCs).
- Publication has an open licence. Preferably choose a CC BY license, even if your publisher offers other options, such as CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND.
How does the funding work?
You may be able to make use of an open access deal. This will result in up to a 100% discount on the APCs. Alternatively, ask your department if they are willing to cover these costs for you.
Where do I find the journals?
- In the UU Journal Browser, hybrid journals are indicated as ‘open request journals’. Here you can also check if the journals are part of a deal.
Green open access
What is green open access, via the Taverne scheme?
- You publish closed access with the publisher, but open access via the UU Repository.
- The article will become open access six months after publication.
- Free of charge for authors.
- The open access version gets the same licence as the closed version.
How does the funding work?
This route of open access publishing is free of charge.
How do I follow this route?
Check whether your article is in Pure. If not, add it yourself. After six months, the library automatically makes closed-access publications open access.