If your manuscript is accepted for publication between the moment the maximum is reached and 1 January 2025, Springer will still offer the option of open access publication, but the costs will no longer be covered by the consortium agreement.
If you opt for open access on payment, you will therefore receive the invoice yourself. The amount involved will be between 2,500 and 3,000 euros, the so-called Article Processing Charge (APC).
If you receive research funding from one of the Plan S signatories (NWO, ZonMw, ERC), you are obliged to immediately publish a peer-reviewed version of your article open access. Without the publisher's permission, an accepted version may not immediately be made public in the Radboud Repository.
If this obligation does not apply, there are three options:
- If you do not pay the fee, your article will appear behind the subscription wall.
- You can send us the author accepted version for open access in the Radboud Repository. An embargo period of 12 months then applies, unless the publisher agrees in writing to make the version open access earlier. We can immediately make the submitted version open access in the Radboud Repository. But this is not a peer reviewed version. This option is not in line with the conditions of the funders mentioned above.
- When scientific articles meet certain conditions, they will automatically be made available on an open access basis after six months.
These three options are thus not Plan S compliant. Researchers who would like to be informed about the status of the Springer cap can register for a 'notify-me service'. This service can also be used to receive updates about other publishers with a maximum number of annual open access publications.