CBS, along with all other Danish universities, will continue to enjoy access to the many journals and databases provided by Elsevier in the coming four years. This is the outcome of recent negotiations with the publisher.
A delegation chaired by the Royal Library and representing all Danish universities were facing a potential breakdown in negotiations when they sat down at the negotiating table with Elsevier, the publisher.
Failure would have spelled the end of access to the Elsevier portfolio of journals and databases for CBS as well as for all other researchers at Danish universities – just like it happened in Germany.
However, contrary to expectations, negotiations were crowned with success in a recently published agreement that in the next four years guarantees reading access to the Elsevier portfolio of journals and databases.
CBS is happy about the result of the negotiations:
”The new agreement is good for CBS, as we escape a situation where CBS researchers are prevented from using Elsevier resources. It is also positive, that the annual costs will freeze at 2020 level, which in effect will mean a reduction because of inflation”, explains René Steffensen, director of CBS Library.
Publish Open Access in Elsevier journals without charge
A not insignificant aspect of the agreement is its focus on boosting Open Access publishing in the Danish research community. In future, CBS researchers will be able to publish Open Access in Elsevier journals without charge. Up till this point, it has not been uncommon to see surcharges of up to $3.000 for an author to publish Open Access in a licensed journal.
A condition for publishing Open Access cost-free is that the CBS researcher is listed as the corresponding author – and that the article has been submitted to the journal after January 1 2021.
In the coming months, CBS Library will be releasing more information about the procedure for Open Access publishing in Elsevier journals, but you can already find a guide as well as relevant journal lists on the Royal Library website (the lists will be updated in the coming months).
Read the press release from Universities Denmark (in Danish only)
Link to contract
Link to Elsevier’s text on the agreement
For more information, please contact Birgit Brejnebøl or René Steffensen.