Open access to research
Open access to research
Open Access publishing makes magazines and books open to everyone online.
Open Access publishing makes magazines and books open to everyone online.
Access is not regulated by subscription plans, or other payment arrangements. Expenses associated with Open Access publishing may often be covered by the author or institution the author is employed at.
Open Access guidelines
VID has guidelines for Open Access. Research publications must be imported from Cristin to the university's institutional repository VID:Open. Please contact cristin@vid.no if you have any questions.
- Excerpt from the guidelines
- Support for articles is only given for publishing in online-only OA journals. This means that the scheme does not cover OA publishing in hybrid journals.
- Support for publishing articles will only be given for journals that are approved publishing channels in the Database for Statistics on Higher Education (DBH). Publishing in reputable international journals (Level 2) is preferred.
- Support can also be given for OA publishing of books/anthologies with approved publishers.
- For Level 2 articles, NOK 20 000 is the maximum amount that can be applied for, and for Level 1 articles the maximum amount is NOK 10 000.
- For books, the amount applied for will be assessed in relation to the number of VID author shares.
- Support is given only when the article/book has been accepted for publication.
- Support is not given for extra expenses (colour, pages etc.).
- It is primarily the corresponding author who can apply for support. The corresponding author must be affiliated with VID through an employment relationship, and funding is awarded in relation to the author share and the share of publication points allocated to VID.
- When publishing internationally in Level 2 journals, a co-author employed at VID may apply for funding in relation to the author share.
- If an application is rejected, an appeal can be made to the vice rector. His/her decision is final and cannot be appealed.
- The guidelines can be altered without warning, but without retroactive effect on applications that have already been processed.
Publishing fund for academic staff at VID
You can apply for publishing support from the publishing fund for academic staff at VID. Applications for support must be discussed with R&D director or centre director before the application is sent to the section for Library, research data management and historical archive. Please contact openaccess@vid.no if you have any questions.
Agreements for publishing Open Access
In addition to the publishing fund, agreements have been entered into with Elsevier, Sage and Wiley. These agreements covers a certain amount of APC's (article processing charge) per year.
If you're uncertain of which publisher/agreement the journal you are going to publish in belongs to, please check the Norwegian register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers.
Applies to all of the agreements below:
- The person sending the article to the publisher is normally defined as the corresponding author. If you are the only author, you will automatically be defined as the corresponding author. The corresponding author must be affiliated with VID.
- Any given limitations on the amount of publications within an agreement is the total amount for all Norwegian institutions participating in the agreement.
- Agreement with Elsevier
Agreement duration 1.1.2021 – 31.12.2021 Agreement scope Read and Publish. This covers both APCs and read access for VID.Submission fees are also covered by the agreement. Eligible authors Corresponding authors affiliated with VID. Eligible article types Peer reviewed articles where the manuscript is accepted for publication during the agreement period. Available licenses Creative Commons CC BY is recommended. It is also possible to choose CC BY-NC-ND. What do you need to do? State your affiliation with VID throughout Elsevier's publishing process (PowerPoint-file). Use your vid.no email address. Journals included About 2 350 av Elseviers tidsskrifter (excel-fil) Additional information More information at Elsevier's web pages, Openaccess.no and in The Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. - Agreement with Sage
Agreement duration 1.1.2021 – 31.12.2021 Agreement scope Read and Publish. This covers both APC's and read access for VID. Unlimited publishing in hybrid journals. The funding of these APC's are not covered through the agreement. 20% discount on APC's in OA (gold) journals. Eligible authors Corresponding authors affiliated with VID. Eligible article types Peer reviewed articles where the manuscript is accepted for publication during the agreement period. Available licenses Creative Commons CC BY is recommended. What do you need to do? State your affiliation with VID throughout Sage's publishing process (PowerPoint-file). Use your vid.no email address. During the publishing process, Sage will make you aware of the possibility to publishing open access at no extra cost. Choose Open Access. Journals included More than 900 subscription journals by Sage (Excel-file) Additional information More information at Sage's web pages, Openaccess.no and in The Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. - Agreement with Wiley
Agreement duration 1 May 2019 – 31 Dec 2021 Agreement scope Read and Publish. This covers both APCs and read access for VID. Eligible authors Corresponding authors affiliated with VID. Eligible article types Peer reviewed articles where the manuscript is accepted for publication during the agreement period. Available licenses Creative Commons CC BY. What do you need to do? State your affiliation with VID throughout Wiley's publishing process in subscription journals (PDF-file) or Wiley's publishing process in OA journals (PDF-file). Use your vid.no email. Journals included About 1,410 subscription journals and about 215 OA journals (Excel-file) Limitations and exceptions We can publish around 1,190 articles in 2021.When quota is used the author will get a 25% discount on the APCs. These discounted APCs are not funded through the agreement. The author must get funding from their project, department, faculty etc. Additional information More information at Wiley's web pages, Openaccess.no and in The Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers.