82% of scientific publications Open Access available

Dutch universities published 82% of their peer-reviewed scientific publications Open Access in 2021. This is an increase of nine percentage points compared to 2020. For UU, the percentage is 80. Jeroen Sondervan, open access expert of the University Library at our university: We believe that everyone - not just the big western knowledge institutes that can afford expensive journal subscriptions - should have full access to and benefit from research funded by public means. This is not out of philanthropy, nor something we pat ourselves on the back for. It is as much self-interest, because we know that if we want a sustainable future, we will have to share and collaborate with others. Sondervan points out that with the open access policy, UU tries to make it as clear and easy as possible for researchers, for instance by providing awareness and education.