Springer Nature OA deal: annual quota expected to be reached mid-October

According to the agreement between Springer Nature and the Universities of The Netherlands (UNL), Dutch corresponding authors are allowed to publish up to 2,067 open access articles per year without additional article processing charges (APC).

Consequences

The national annual quota for 2024 is expected to be reached in mid-October. This means that from that moment the deal will be suspended and UG/UMCG articles will no longer be eligible for the usual 100% discount on the open access fee.

Dutch corresponding authors will be able to use the new allocation of OA fee waivers as of 1 January 2025.

Alternative routes

During the suspension of the deal, authors can choose to publish closed access. Alternative routes to make your article open access may be the Taverne Amendment route or the Rights Retention Strategy, please contact us for additional information.

Please note: If you choose to publish open access, you will have to arrange the APC payment yourself.

Should your research funder (e.g. NWO or Horizon Europe) require you to share your publications immediately (no embargo) and under an open license, please get in touch with us for advice.

Contact us

If you wish to discuss the available options or if you have any questions email us at:
openaccess rug.nl (UG authors)
openaccess umcg.nl (UMCG authors)

Notify-me service on publisher deals quota

If you want to stay informed about the status of deals in the future, please sign up for the ‘notify-me service’ maintained by the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The service will also inform you about similar situations with other publishers, should they arise.