To support researchers to publish their research Open Access, local and national deals have been negotiated by the VSNU with various publishers. Depending on the deal, UG/UMCG employees

• have a discount on the Article Processing Charges (APC) that need to be paid by the author to publish an article Open Access;
• can publish open access for free in more than 10.000 journals (i.e. the author doesn't have to pay APCs at all).

Check the Journal Browser: 

• See if a 'read and publish deal' applies: type the title of the journal in the red box below.
• Ensure that the article type is covered by the deal: click on the journal title or check the publisher requirments.
• Be aware of any annual quotas. The acceptance date, not the submission date, is the reference. For suspended deals, see the open access news page.

Next step 3: Meet UMCG requirements

If there is no APC discount at all for a particular journal, there are three options to make your article open access available:

Paying for Open Access
If you or your department pays the APC, your article will be published open access. Many funders also cover these costs—check their conditions. See our [Funder requirements FAQ] for tips on budgeting in grant proposals.

Publish behind a paywall
Publishing closed access in a hybrid journal? Your article will be made open access retroactive in Pure, six months after publication. This is done automatically by the Medical Library under the Dutch Taverne amendment, which allows publicly funded authors to share their work after a short delay—regardless of publisher agreements.

No Funding?
Some publishers waive APCs if your research wasn’t funded. A template for a “No Funding Statement” is available to help with this.

Next step 3: Meet UMCG requirements

Use these tools to identify a well-matched journal for your article

• JANE 
  Not sure where to submit your article? JANE suggests suitable journals (open and closed access) based on your abstract.
  Fun fact: JANE stands for Journal and Article Name Estimator.

• B!son 
  Like JANE, B!son helps you find full open access journals using your abstract. It also offers extra filters to make searching easier. 

• Researcher.Life 
  Find journals that match your research by searching with your abstract or manuscript.

Use these tools to identify a trusted journal for your article

• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
  A database with high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals that have a 'seal of approval'

• Think. Check. Submit.
  A helpful checklist to choose trusted journals for your publication.

• Journal Evaluation Tool  

  Use this scoring tool to check if a journal is reliable. Rate different criteria to see if it’s a good, fair, or poor choice.I

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