Open Access is the practice of making published research freely accessible to all. Whilst there are a number of mechanisms for making this content freely available, the Gold open access model used by Netherlands Journal of Geosciences requires that the published 'version of record' be made freely available to all immediately upon publication, with additional usage rights. As no subscriptions are sold to view the content, such open access journals are typically financially supported through an article processing charge (APC) levied on the submitting author's institution or funding body.
Benefits of open access with Netherlands Journal of Geosciences
· Visibility: Articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, giving the potential for increased exposure and dissemination.
· Accessibility: Gold open access allows all readers with internet access around the world to access published research without having to pay for a subscription.
· Quality: All submissions will be fully peer-reviewed, with acceptance decisions being made by an international Editorial Board independently of the Publisher.
An important
There are many stakeholders in the publication of research: the researchers, the users and the funders. Different stakeholders have different views but many accept the fact that if you want, for example, validation, proper copyediting, presentation, sustainability, functionality (usability, reference linking, usage information, discoverability, etc), then all this has to be paid for. Traditionally this payment has been made via subscriptions. In open access publishing, the payment is made up-front, via article processing charges (APCs). APCs can be seen as a fairer payment mechanism, provided that the costs on which the charges are based reflect accurately the services offered, and provided that the acceptance process is based on peer review, rather than financial considerations.
Open access can therefore provide an opportunity to relate costs more directly to the means of publication, and it can provide a mechanism for publication that preserves the best aspects of traditional publishing whilst offering greater ease of use and more liberal copyright and ownership. Moreover, APCs mean that costs are not being met by an ever-decreasing number of libraries that are willing to subscribe, and that the costs of publication are therefore being shared more fairly, while at the same time maximizing dissemination.
Finally, publishing is competitive: authors compete for journal space, publishers compete for papers and for library budgets. Open access and APCs are a viable alternative for those authors who want to bring closer together the decisions about where to publish and how to pay, decisions that are divorced in the traditional subscription-based model.
For more information about Open Access at Cambridge University Press, see our Cambridge Open pages.
Publication charges
Open Access publishing in Netherlands Journal of Geosciences is funded through levying an article processing charge (APC) on each individual author's institution or funding body. For Netherlands Journal of Geosciences we are committed to maintaining the APC at a level justified by real publishing costs, and the journal will have an associated APC of £1870 per article. For the remainder of 2021, the Foundation of the Netherlands Journal of Geosciences will contribute 50% to the APC fees of accepted papers, i.e only £935 will be required for the APC fees. From 1st January 2022, the Foundation of the Netherlands Journal of Geosciences will contribute 100% to the APC fees of accepted papers that are not covered by our Read and Publish Deals, the Research 4 Life waiver scheme or a sponsored special collection. There are no extra submission or figure charges.
Further details on Read and Publish Agreements, and waiver policies can be found below.
Read and Publish Agreements
You might qualify for free open access publication through one of our Read and Publish Deals (we've partnered with over 1,000 institutions across the globe) - you can check if you're eligible via the tracker on our Read and Publish Agreements Page.
As part of our Read and Publish Agreements, the Association of Dutch Universities (VSNU) and the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW) have made an agreement with Cambridge University Press, to establish open access publishing in Cambridge journals for publicly financed research articles from the Netherlands and this includes access to the most recent Full Journals Collection. This Open Access agreement covers the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Dutch corresponding authors affiliated with licensed institutions listed here. These authors can publish their articles in the Netherlands Journal of Geosciences without having to pay an individual APC fee.
Developing country waiver policy
Cambridge University Press operates waiver policies in line with other leading publishers. We grant 100% waivers to papers whose corresponding authors are based in Research4Life 'Group A' countries and 50% waivers to those who are based in 'Group B' countries.
Discretionary waiver policy
- (i) The author(s) must request a waiver at or before submission, before an article enters editorial consideration by contacting the CUP Commissioning Editor, Alison Paskins (axpaskins@cambridge.org).
- (ii) The author(s) must provide documentary evidence for their request.
- (iii) The waiver request should be processed by the CUP Commissioning Editor, without the knowledge of the editorial board.
- (iv) The waiver request should be processed as quickly as possible before the article moves from submission to editorial consideration
- (v) The decision to approve or decline the waiver request should be based on the credibility of the evidence the author provides and the author following the journal's waiver request procedure.
Editorial waiver policy
Waivers will be automatically granted for all:
· Editorials
· Invited Reviews (only if the author has no funding)
· Errata/corrigenda
· Correspondence
Full waivers will automatically be granted via RightsLink.
The decision whether to accept a paper for publication will rest solely with the Editors, and without reference to the funding situation of the authors. The Editors, editorial board members, and reviewers will have no involvement with the billing of APCs and cannot grant waivers.
In the appropriate cases, the publication charge will be billed on acceptance of the article for publication.
The decision whether to accept a paper for publication will rest solely with the Editors, and without reference to the funding situation of the authors. The Editors, editorial board members, and reviewers will have no involvement with the billing of APCs and cannot grant waivers.
In the appropriate cases, the publication charge will be billed on acceptance of the article for publication.
Copyright Information
The author will retain the copyright of published articles.
Authors will be able to post the final published version of their article anywhere (e.g. personal webpage, institutional repository), providing the work is fully attributed. We note, however, that we can currently only track usage statistics for article views and downloads from our own site.
Licences
Articles will be published, by default, under a creative commons attribution licence (CC-BY). Authors will, however, have the option to publish under a CC-BY Non-Commercial Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA) licence or a CC-BY Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) licence if so desired.