Tip 2: 100% Open Access through the VSNU agreements with publishers.

A straightforward and cost-effective road towards 100% Open Access is through publishing articles in journals that are part of an agreement between VSNU and publishers.

Michelle van den Berk • October 19, 2020

Institutional publication policies and open access at Leiden University

Whilst we are on our way towards a situation where 100% open access is the norm, we look at the ways that academic libraries can help guide authors and institutes to make good decisions in the rapidly developing field of open access publishing.

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer and Adeline van den Berg • September 24, 2020

OA Monitoring: why do we get different results?

Leiden University is 81st worldwide for open access and 1st in the Netherlands according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020. But why do different ways of monitoring OA give different results?

Saskia Woutersen Windhouwer and Kristina Hettne • July 09, 2020

PLAN S: How can you comply with the new Open Access requirements set by your funder?

A large group of research funders has joined forces in the so called cOAlition S to include strict rules on Open Access publishing as a requirement in their policies. When you receive their funding, you must comply with the requirements of PLAN S.

Michelle van den Berk • June 14, 2019

Send us your publications! UBL Helps with Open Access.

UBL Helps with Open Access. At the University Library staff from different departments collaborate in the project 'UBL Helps with Open Access' with Leiden researchers to help them make their publications Open Access.

Michelle van den Berk • April 18, 2019

Tougher than physics: SciPost sets the stage for Open Access

By donating 10.000 euro to the Open Access platform SciPost, Leiden’s Faculty of Science wants to make a real difference in the way scientific articles are published: open with a focus on transparency and quality without costs to author or reader.

Rutger de Jong • February 11, 2019

Plan S: A public consultation

Do you have an opinion about Open Access and Plan S? Make yourself heard by filling out the online survey. Want to know more before you fill it out? Then continue reading first.

• December 17, 2018

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