Open Access (English version): Publisher deals and Open Access

LICENSE AGREEMENTS COVERING RUC

Researchers at Roskilde University are entitled to various APC discounts and waivers due to the university library's and the Royal Library's national license consortium's license agreements with publishers.

That means:
· You do not have to pay, or you receive a discount on the Article Processing Charge (APC).  
· The article can be published under one of the CC BY licenses.  
· The article is immediately available as Open Access.  
· The article can be archived in RUC's Pure without an embargo period.

Please note:

• Guest researchers and emeriti are not covered by the agreements.
• To be eligible for APC discounts and waivers, the corresponding author must be affiliated with RUC when the article is accepted for publication. Excluded from this is the Elsevier agreement where the corresponding author must be affiliated with RUC at the time of submission.
• If there is more than one corresponding author, it is important that the corresponding author from RU handles the submission, as the waiver or discount will not be activated otherwise.
• There is a national cap on the annual number of Open Access articles published under the agreements with Cambridge University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 require Open Access publication. If you are publishing under a Horizon grant, it is recommended to contact RUb Research Support via forskersupport@kb.dk before submitting to a journal covered by one of the four agreements.

All information is for guidance, and changes may occur.  
Roskilde University Library is not responsible for any changes made by a publisher regarding price, discount, or license terms.

Currently, there is an agreement for APC-free OA publication with the following publishers.

The Royal Danish Library has entered into an agreement with Association for Computing Machinery for at three year period covering 2024-2026. The agreement ensures that RUC-affiliated corresponding authors can publish Open Access in all of ACM's portfolio.

The agreement covers the article types: Research Articles, Review Articles, Conference papers and Proceeding papers, and there is no cap on the number of articles that can be published each year.

You can read more about the agreement via https://pro.kb.dk/en/licensing/oa-publication-guidelines/acm

A three-year agreement has been concluded with Cambridge for the period from 2023-2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Cambridge's hybrid journals.

You can see a list of the journals included in the agreement via this link.

You can read more about the agreement at Det Kgl. The library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/licensservice/cambridge-university-press

A four-year agreement has been concluded with Elsevier for the period from 2021-2024.

A NEW AGREEMENT with Elsevier is under negotiation. Therefore, no guarantees can be made for articles submitted in 2025, but it is expected that the previous agreement will apply during a so-called grace period.

The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Elsevier's hybrid journals.

Find a list of journals included in the agreement here.

You can read more about the agreement on The Royal Danish Library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/en/licensing/elsevier

A three-year agreement has been concluded with IOP in the period from 2023 -2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in almost all IOP Publishing journals.

The eligible journals are those in List A, B, C, and D here

You can read more about the agreement on The Royal Danish Library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/licensservice/iop-publishing

A four-year agreement has been concluded with Springer for the period from march 2023-2026.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Springer's hybrid journals.

Find a list of journals included in the agreement via this link (opens in ecxel).

NOTE!
There is a cap on the annual number of publications in the Springer agreement.
Researchers who wish to publish with Springer and who are found under a grant that requires OA (e.g. EU) must be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights on VoR. When the cap is reached, unfortunately you will not be able to have your publishing costs covered via KB. Of course, you can also choose NOT to pay APC and obtain Open Access via the so-called green OA route. Write to Roskilde University Library at forskersupport@kb.dk, and we will try to help you as best as possible.

You can read more about the agreement on The Royal Danish Library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/en/licensing/springer-compact

A five-year agreement has been concluded with Taylor & Francis in the period from 2024-2028.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Taylor & Francis hybrid journals.

You can see a list of the journals included in the agreement via this link: https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/openselect

NOTE!
There is a cap on the annual number of publications in the T&F agreement.
Researchers who wish to publish with Taylor & Francis and who are found under a grant that requires OA (e.g. EU) must be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights on VoR. When the cap is reached, unfortunately you will not be able to have your publishing costs covered via KB. Of course, you can also choose NOT to pay APC and obtain Open Access via the so-called green OA route. Write to Roskilde University Library at forskersupport@kb.dk, and we will try to help you as best as possible.

You can read more about the agreement on KB's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/licensservice/taylor-francis

A four-year agreement has been concluded with Wiley for the period from 2022-2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in Wiley's hybrid journals.

Find a list of journals included in the agreement via this link (opens in excel)

NOTE!
There is a cap on the annual number of publications in the Wiley agreement.
Researchers who wish to publish with Springer and who are founded under a grant that requires OA (e.g. EU) should be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights on VoR. When the cap is reached, a 15% discount on APC will be offered by the publisher. Of course, you can also choose NOT to pay APC and obtain Open Access via the so-called green OA route. Write to Roskilde University Library at forskersupport@kb.dk, and we will try to help you as best as possible.

You can read more about the agreement on The Royal Danish Library''s website here: https://pro.kb.dk/en/licensing/wiley-agreement-2022-25

DISCOUNTS

For some publishers, a direct exemption from the APC has not been negotiated, but a discount can be obtained by being affiliated with RUC.

Currently, agreements have been made with the following publishers.

The Royal Danish Library has made an agreement on a 250$ APC discount publishing with ACS.
The discount can be subject to change. See more directly from the publisher here.

An agreement has been made for a 25% APC discount on articles from Bristol University Press and Policy Press.
You can read more about the agreement directly via the publisher here

The Royal Danish Library has made an agreement on a 500$ APC discount publishing with PNAS.
The discount can be subject to change. See more directly from the publisher here.