Good practices: Open access
Open Access publications
Open access to journal articles is already achieved by many researchers. The percentage of journal articles available in open access has increased from 34 % in 2015 to 63.5 % in 2019.
In 2018, all seven faculties had more than 50 % of their journal articles available in Open Access for the first time. Partially thanks to the OA big deals negotiated by the VSNU and the Utrecht University Open Access Fund.
The Utrecht School of Economics started their Working Papers in 2003, presenting and discussing nearly finished projects.
Taverne Pilot: You Share, We Take Care!
More than ninety academics from Utrecht University have signed up for the ‘You share, we take care!’ pilot.

Erik J. Molenaar: “I would like to contribute to the transition in the publishing process, even though the new ways of publishing still have to take shape. In addition, it remains important that the quality of the publications is guaranteed and that the people who are responsible for this task get properly paid.”
By participating in the pilot, 59 articles and book chapters from his hand could be made open access available through the Utrecht University Repository.
Results from the Taverne pilot:
Already OA | OA thanks to pilot | Not OA* | |
---|---|---|---|
Publication year 2018 | 235 | 183 | 95 |
All publication years | 1671 | 2787 | 1281 |
Peer-reviewed scientific journal | 1309 | 2038 | 400 |
Other journal contributions | 102 | 95 | 106 |
Book chapters | 175 | 551 | 593 |
Conference papers | 85 | 103 | 182 |
* (full text could not be retrieved)
Open Access book publishing
Various open access books (monographs and edited volumes, as well as book chapters) have already been published by Utrecht University researchers in the last 5 to 10 years. An overview of just a few of those publications available in open access by various publishers is featured below.
Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined
Ingrid Robeyns
Open Access edition: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/682
The Datafied Society Studying Culture through Data
Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Karin van Es (eds)
Amsterdam University PressOpen Access edition: https://oapen.org/search?identifier=624771
Symptoms of the Planetary Condition: A Critical Vocabulary
Kathrin Thiele & Birgit Kaiser (eds)
Meson PressOpen Access edition: https://meson.press/books/symptoms-of-the-planetary-condition/
Mobile Screens: The Visual Regime of Navigation
Nanna Verhoeff
Amsterdam University PressOpen Access edition: https://oapen.org/search?identifier=413033
The Dynamics of the Medieval Manuscript
Karen Pratt (ed.), Bart Besamusca (ed.), Matthias Meyer (ed.), Ad Putter (ed.)
V & R unipressOpen Access edition: https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/literatur…
Essaybundel: Ondernemen in de open samenleving
Prof. dr. Rutger Claassen, prof. dr. Judith van Erp
Boom bestuurskundeOpen Access edition:
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/384184Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry: A Primer for Earth System Scientists
Prof. dr. Jack Middelburg
SpringerOpen Access edition: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10822-9
Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections
Dr. Koen Leurs
Amsterdam University PressOpen Access edition: http://oapen.org/search?identifier=559550;keyword=Digital%20Passages