UvA policy on open access publishing

Abstract

As of 1 January 2021, UvA researchers will be required to register their academic publications immediately after publication and to upload the corresponding publisher’s version (or at least the accepted manuscript) to the UvA’s Current Research Information System (CRIS/Pure) for long-term archiving. In addition, researchers are expected to use one of these three options to publish their work in open access: I. immediately publish an academic publication in open access with a CC BY-licence4, or II. invoke section 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act to make the publisher’s version5 of a short scientific work6 freely available through the university repository (UvA-DARE) after a six-month embargo, or III. make the accepted manuscript7 of an academic publication freely available through the university repository (UvA-DARE) once the embargo imposed by the publisher has expired. When it comes to books, the policy only pertains to book chapters.