Taylor & Francis and Oxford University Press OA deals: annual quotas expected to be reached in November

The Universities of The Netherlands (UNL) has agreements with major publishers Taylor & Francis and Oxford University Press, allowing Dutch corresponding authors to publish articles open access without additional article processing charges (APC). However, these agreements have annual quotas that are expected to be reached in November.

Taylor & Francis

Under the Taylor & Francis agreement, Dutch corresponding authors can publish up to 1,451 open access articles per year without APC charges.

The quota for 2024 is expected to be reached in the third week of November. 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.

Oxford University Press

Under the Oxford University Press agreement, Dutch corresponding authors are allowed to publish a maximum number of open access publications per year without APC charges: 733 articles in 2024, 707 in 2025 and 680 in 2026.

The quota for 2024 is expected to be reached in the third week of November. 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 deals, 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.