Researchers at Roskilde University are entitled to various APC discounts and waivers negotiated with the publishers by the Royal Danish Library's national license consortium.
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 in Publishers Version.
· The article can be archived in RUC's Pure without an embargo period.
To use the agreements, the following general conditions apply:
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.
You can find all of RUC's publishing agreements on this page.
All journals included in the agreements can be found via the Journal Finder.
The Royal Danish Library has a three-year agreement covering 2024-2026 with Association for Computing Machinery. 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.
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
The Royal Danish Library has signed a three-year agreement with Cambridge for the period covering 2023-2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Cambridge's hybrid journals.
You can check if a journal is included in the agreement via this link.
NOTE!
There is a cap on the annual number of publications in the Cambridge agreement.
Researchers who wish to publish with Cambridge University Press and who are founded under a grant that requires embargo-free Open Access (e.g. Horizon) should be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights.
When the cap is reached, a 10% discount on APC will be offered by the publisher.
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 at Det Kgl. The library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/licensservice/cambridge-university-press
The Royal Danish Library has signed a four-year agreement with Elsevier for the period covering 2025-2028.
The agreement includes the option of publishing without APC payment in a number of Elsevier hybrid journals.
Find a list of journals included in the agreement here.
There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published in this agreement.
The Royal Danish Library has signed a three-year agreement with IOP in the period covering 2023-2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in almost all IOP Publishing journals, excluding Society Journals.
There is no limit on the number of articles that can be published under the agreement.
You can check if a journal is included in the agreement via this link.
You can read more about the agreement on The Royal Danish Library's website here: https://pro.kb.dk/licensservice/iop-publishing
The SCOAP3 deal (2025-2027) includes selcted journals from various publishers:
APS Physics: Physical Review C, Physical Review D, Physical Review Letters
Elsevier: Nuclear Physics B og Physics Letters B
IOP Publishing: Chinese Physics Journal C
Jagiellonian University: Acta Physica Polonica B
Oxford University Press: Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
Springer: European Physical Journal C og Journal of High Energy Physics
There is no article cap on the the SCOAP3 deal, regardless the otherwise negotiated agreements described on this page.
The Royal Danish Library has signed a four-year agreement with Springer covering the period (March) 2023-2026.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Springer's hybrid and gold journals.
You can check if a journal is included in the agreement via this link.
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 founded under a grant that requires embargo-free Open Access (e.g. Horizon) should be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights.. 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
The Royal Danish Library has signed a five-year agreement with Taylor & Francis covering the period from 2024-2028.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in a number of Taylor & Francis hybrid journals.
The agreement applies to the article types; Original Articles, Research Articles and Review Articles.
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.
Based on this year's publication frequency, it is estimated that the 2025 cap will be reached around November 1st.
Researchers who wish to publish with T&F and who are founded under a grant that requires embargo-free Open Access (e.g. Horizon) should be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights. 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
The Royal Danish Library has signed a four-year agreement with Wiley covering the period from 2022-2025.
The agreement includes the option to publish without APC payment in Wiley's hybrid journals.
The agreement applies to the article types: Primary Research and Review Article.
You can check if a journal is included in the agreement via this link.
NOTE!
There is a cap on the annual number of publications in the Wiley agreement.
Researchers who wish to publish with Wiley and who are founded under a grant that requires embargo-free Open Access (e.g. Horizon) should be aware of this, as they risk publishing without OA-secured rights. Write to Roskilde University Library at forskersupport@kb.dk, and we will try to help you as best as possible.
Danish authors have made good use of the Wiley agreement in 2025. It looks like the cap of 1,110 articles allowed under the agreement will be reached by mid-October. This is earlier than in previous years.
Remember that authors receive a 15% APC discount after the cap is reached, if they choose to publish their articles Open Access.
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
For some publishers, a complete exemption from APC has not been negotiated, but a discount that can be obtained as a researcher employed at RUC.
Currently, agreements have been made with the following publishers in this column.
These titles from ASM are included:
Authors (all employment types) can publish without paying APC, but will still be faced with a page charge.
There is a 25% discount on page charges if you are a corresponding author employed at a subscribing institution and a 63% discount on page charges if you are a corresponding author employed at a subscribing institution AND are also a personal member of ASM.
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.
The discount applies both to Gold and Hybrid Journals.
An agreement has been made for a 20% 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.
