The 2024 maximum for free of charge open access publishing in Springer journals to be reached on the third week of October

"Since 2015, corresponding authors affiliated with Dutch Universities, University Medical Centres and the KNAW institutes can publish Open Access in many Springer journals without costs. The number of free open access publications under this consortium deal is limited to 2,067 in 2024. For this year, we expect that this maximum number will be reached on the third week of October. Researches who want to stay informed about the status can sign in for an ‘notify-me service’. This service can also be used to receive updates about other publishers with a maximum amount of open access publications.

If your manuscript is accepted for publication between the time the maximum is reached and 1 January 2025, Springer will still offer open access publication, but the costs will no longer be covered by the consortium agreement during this period."