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Gold Open Access: deals with publishers

Research results that are been published via the golden route are immediately available on the publisher's website and can be accessed free of charge. Publication costs (Article Processing Charges or APC’s) are paid by the author, the author’s institution or the funding body.

Gold vs Hybrid
Within the gold route there are two variants: gold and hybrid. Gold Open Access journals only publish Open Access content. Hybrid journals publish through the traditional (Closed Access) subscription model. After payment of a fee (APC), individual articles can be made Open Access. Gold journals will grant your publication an open . Under this licence, the work is kept under the copyright of the author. Not all hybrid journals offer the possibility of choosing a Creative Commons licence. An exclusive licence is offered through which copyright is signed over to the publisher.

Deals
The VU has made agreements with several publishers so researchers and authors from VU and Amsterdam UMC / location VUmc can publish Open Access without cost or at a discounted rate. The shows whether Open Access publishing is possible and whether ĢƵ has an Open Access deal with the journal (i.e. whether an APC discount applies).

What should you take into account if you want to take advantage of these deals? 

  • The shows for each journal whether Open Access publishing is possible and whether the VU has an Open Access deal with the journal (i.e. whether an APC discount applies).
  • Choose the least restrictive .
  • Please note that some deals are subject to an annual quota. Information on the maximum number of articles can be found in the . Researchers who want to stay informed about the status of discount deals can also register for a ''.

Information about publishing deals

American Chemical Society (ACS) 

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 

Biomed Central

License conditions and workflow

    • Corresponding authors of ĢƵ and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, can receive a 15% discount on article-processing charges (APCs) for publishing in the full Open Access journals of and .

How does it work?

    • If you submit your manuscript from an IP address at ĢƵ and the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, you will automatically receive the discount.
    • If you are submitting from outside your institution's registered IP range, you must submit a request for the discount to be approved.
    • Click on 'I believe that I am covered by a BMC/ SpringerOpen Membership Account and wish to request institutional payment or discount (as applicable).'
    • Select ‘ĢƵ’ or ‘Vrije Universiteit Medical Center’ from the drop-down menu on the APC agreement page.
    • The publication is published open access with a CC-BY license.
    • More information about the procedure can be found on the  

Brill 

Cambridge University Press

Cogitatio Press

  • License conditions and workflow
    • Corresponding authors of ĢƵ and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, can publish Open Access free of charge in journals published by .
    • § Cogitatio currently publishes four journals: ,  ,  en .
    • The publication is published open access with a CC-BY license.

How does it work?

  • When submitting the manuscript, always use the email address of ĢƵ or Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
  • You will receive confirmation that the costs will be paid by the institution.

Company of Biologists, The 

De Gruyter

Elsevier 

Emerald

Geological Society of London

  • Corresponding authors from VU University and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, can publish Open Access free of charge in seven journals and in four book series.
  • Open Access publishing free of charge is possible in the journals:  , , , , , &
  • Open Access publishing free of charge is possible in the book series: , , &
  • Petroleum Geology Conference Series and Energy Geoscience Conference Series are NOT covered by the agreement.
  • The publication is published Open Access with a CC-BY license.

How does it work ?

  • When submitting the manuscript, always use the email address of ĢƵ or the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc.
  • You will receive confirmation that the costs will be paid by the institution.

IOS Press

John Benjamins Publishing

  • Corresponding authors from VU University and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, can publish Open Access free of charge in approximately .
  • The publication is published Open Access with a CC-BY license.

How does it work ?

  • Include the name of the institution when submitting an article.
  • When submitting the manuscript, always use the email address of ĢƵ or the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc.
  • You will receive confirmation that the costs will be paid by the institution.

Karger

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)

Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie (MAB)
Researchers and lecturers of the  Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc can publish free of charge in the monthly Dutch Open Access .

MDPI

  • License conditions and workflow
    • Corresponding authors of ĢƵ and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, receive a 10% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Open Access publications.

How does it work ?

    • When submitting the manuscript, always use the email address of ĢƵ or the Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
    • You will receive a request from MDPI to confirm your details and affiliation.
    • The publication is published open access with a CC-BY license.
    • More information about the discount scheme can be found on the .

Oxford University Press

PLoS (Public Library of Science)
 

Royal Society

  • License conditions and workflow
    • Corresponding authors of ĢƵ and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, receive a 25% discount on open access publication costs for all eleven  of the Royal Society.
    • The publication is published open access with a CC-BY license.

How does it work ?

    • When submitting the manuscript, choose “Open Access publishing” and then select “ĢƵ” from the list of Membership Institutions.
    • When submitting your manuscript, always use the email address of ĢƵ or Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc.
    • The 25% discount will be granted by the Royal Society upon verification by the library.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Sage

SciPost Physics
An initiative of UvA researchers, primarily focusing on physics. With open peer review. Researchers and lecturers of the  Vrije Universiteit and Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc can publish free of charge in .

Springer

Taylor & Francis

Thieme

Wiley

Questions about Open Access publishing?

Please contact the Open Access team at the University Library!

openaccess@vu.nl

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