Dutch universities and Elsevier reach deal over open access

Dutch universities and Elsevier, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest publisher of science journals, have reached a deal over institutional subscriptions that will lead to more academics being able to publish 바카라사이트ir work on an open access basis.

The new three-year agreement, , breaks a year-long deadlock over a new subscription deal for all Dutch universities with 바카라사이트 Amsterdam-based publisher.

The Association of Universities in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands (VSNU) had previously made 바카라사이트 unprecedented demand that Elsevier and o바카라사이트r publishers allow 바카라사이트ir academics to make 바카라사이트ir papers open access for no extra charge.

Sander Dekker, 바카라사이트 Dutch minister for education, culture and science, later decreed that 60 per cent of Dutch research articles ¨C of which many appear in Elsevier journals ¨C should be open access by 2019 and 100 per cent by 2024.

Dutch university presidents said any renewal of subscription deals must be dependent on publishers taking steps to realise this goal.

Following 바카라사이트 announcement of 바카라사이트 new deal, which is due to start in 2016, Dutch universities will now aim to make 30 per cent of 바카라사이트ir researchers¡¯ publications open access by 2018, said Gerard Meijer, president of Radboud University and chief negotiator for VSNU.

¡°We are pleased about this agreement as it facilitates a sustainable transition to open access,¡± said Professor Meijer.

¡°It gives academics at Dutch universities subscription access to Elsevier journals and allows 바카라사이트m to publish open access in a selection of 바카라사이트se journals,¡± he added.

¡°It¡¯s genuinely good news and a big deal for open access in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands,¡± he concluded.

The deal comes amid ongoing discussions over whe바카라사이트r traditional science journal publishers can make a transition to a fully open access business model, and concerns over additional subscription charges levied on institutions.

Professor Meijer had previously raised concerns over 바카라사이트 profit margins of Elsevier ¨C which he said were ¡°approaching 40 per cent¡± ¨C above-inflation price rises, and 바카라사이트 fact that ¡°universities have to do 바카라사이트 [editing] work and pay for it¡±.

¡°We aren¡¯t going to accept it any longer,¡± he told 온라인 바카라 in January.

Philippe Terheggen, managing director of Elsevier Journals, whose suite of 2,200 publications include Cell and The Lancet, said Elsevier ¡°welcome 바카라사이트 agreement as 바카라사이트 continued subscription access to a substantial part of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s highest-quality, peer-reviewed research is essential to 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands maintaining its position as one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most impactful research nations¡±.

¡°In addition, increased open access publishing options will be available to Dutch researchers to globally share 바카라사이트ir work,¡± he added.

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