LibGuides: Publish Open Access for free or with a discount: Springer

What are the main outlines of the agreement with Springer?

Publishing open access in 2,000 hybrid journals at no cost to the author

Articles by corresponding authors from Dutch universities (including University Medical Centers) will be published in open access, at no cost to the author.
The agreement applies to more than 2,000 hybrid journals within the Springer OpenChoice programme, with the exception of titles from learned societies, BioMedCentral and SpringerOpen.
Publication types that are part of the agreement: original research articles, review articles, brief communication, continuing education.
Make sure that you select the Radboud University/Radboudumc in the drop-down menu. At article acceptance you will be asked to confirm your affiliation by choosing it in the “Special Affiliation” drop-down menu and agree to the open access copyright and license terms. The selected institute will verify your affiliation.
Note that this agreement covers a maximum of 2,067 publication per year.

To which journals does this agreement apply?

There is a maximum of 2,067 Dutch publications. Once this number is reached the agreement will terminate and items will no longer be eligible for open access.

Ignore the pop-up about 'Billing' when submitting

When submitting a manuscript to a Springer journal, you may get a pop-up about 'billing' at the end of the form (after a number of screens). This can happen even if it's a Springer’s OpenChoice journal. (These are journals for which RU authors are not required to pay a fee.)

If you’re using your RU/Radboudumc e-mail address and a computer from the RU or Radboudumc, then you can ignore this pop-up because the publisher will recognize your affiliation with this institution. Even though Springer requires a billing address, you will not be charged.