Monographs
ZonMW mentions no open access requirements for books. When in doubt, please contact ZonMW. If you do want to publish open access, you can follow these routes:
- Diamond open access
- Gold open access
- Green open access
Diamond open access
What is Diamond open access?
- Publication is immediately open access.
- This route is free of charge for authors.
- Publication has an open licence (CC BY, if necessary CC BY-NC and/or -ND).
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. Some publishers ask for a voluntary contribution. Some faculties have a fund available for this.
Where do I find publishers and more information?
- Open Book Collective: a collective of diamond book publishers that are financially supported by Utrecht University Library.
- Netherlands University Presses (NUPs): some of these are also accessible for UU authors.
- OA Books Toolkit | OAPEN: this toolkit can support you in making choices around the open access publishing of your book.
Gold open access
What is Gold open access?
- Publication is immediately open access.
- Involves publication costs (BPCs).
- Publication has an open licence, preferably CC BY.
How does the funding work?
ZonMW does not explicitly mention books in its open access policy. It is therefore unclear whether you can pay BPCs from your grant. If in doubt, please contact ZonMW.
Please note: Some publishers also offer a ‘delayed open access’ option. This means that a book will be made open access after an embargo period at lower BPCs. We advise against this option due to the risk of ‘double dipping’.
Where can I check if a publisher publishes open access?
There is no list of publishers that publish open access books. But in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) you will find publishers who are experienced in this matter.
Green open access
What is Green open access?
- You publish closed access with the publisher, but open access via the UU Repository.
- This route is free of charge for authors.
- Negotiate with the publisher regarding the licence for the open access version (preferably CC BY).
How does the funding work?
This route of open access publishing is free of charge. First, you publish closed access at the publisher, this may involve costs.
How do I follow this route?
Green open access for books is always part of negotiations with the publisher. Many publishers allow you to share one or some chapters via a repository. Sometimes you may share the entire book after an embargo period. You also negotiate about the version that may be shared (AAM or VoR) and the licence the open access version gets. You then Upload the book Pure if it isn’t already there and indicate which part en when it may be made open access. The university library takes care of the rest.