Elsevier agreement 2021-24

Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium has, on behalf of the Danish universities and other research institutions, entered into a four-year agreement with Elsevier from 2021 to 2024.

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The agreement is the first in Denmark to ensure full reading access to Elsevier's journals and free and immediate access (Open Access) to the articles published by researchers at the institutions covered by the agreement.

Main points of the agreement

  • There is full and unchanged reading access to the Elsevier portfolio for contractual partners covered by the contract.
  • Permanent access to 75% of the Elsevier portfolio is ensured, so that institutions themselves can select the part that is considered most valuable, even after the contract expires.
  • Immediate and free Open Access publishing for the publisher's final version with a Creative Commons license in the licensed Elsevier portfolio when the author is the corresponding author affiliated with an institution covered by the agreement.
  • Approx. 600 Gold Open Access journals at Elsevier (see list below) and a list of approx. 80 licensed titles have not been negotiated as part of the contract.

Agreement documents

We are happy to send you a copy of the national agreement concluded between Royal Danish Library's national licensing consortium and Elsevier agreement for the period 2021-24. The agreement is in English.

For reasons of confidentiality and GDPR, the document may be redacted.

Order the agreement paper.

Elsevier agreement 2021-2024

  • The agreement covers institutions listed below that subscribe to Elsevier Freedom Collection journals
  • A number of institutions subscribe to individual journals outside the Freedom Collection, e.g. Journal of Investigative Dermatology and Genetics in Medicine. The institutions that subscribe to the individual titles in addition to the Freedom Collection also have OA publication rights in these journals.
  • Where an institution subscribes to e.g. a single journal and not on the entire Freedom Collection, then the corresponding author does not have the option of OA publication without payment of APC under the agreement

The agreement does not cover Gold Open Access journals published by Elsevier.

Word explanation

  • Gold Open Access: publication in Open Access journals.
  • Hybrid Open Access: publishing in traditional licensed journals that also offer Open Access for a fee (APC) from the author.
  • The list of Gold Open Access journals as well as the approx. 80 hybrid titles at Elsevier that are not covered by the agreement will continue to require payment by an APC to publish its article Open Access.
  • APC: article processing charge (Open Access publishing fee).

List of institutions

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

CBS Bibliotek

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Det Administrative Bibliotek

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Royal Danish Library, Københavns Universitetsbibliotek Inkl. UHA

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Royal Danish Library, Roskilde Universitetsbibliotek

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Royal Danish Library, Aarhus Universitetsbibliotek Inkl. UHA

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur, Design og Konservering

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Det Nationale Forskningscenter For Arbejdsmiljø, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

DTU Bibliotek. Danmarks Tekniske Informationscenter

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Erhvervsakademi Dania. Digital Biblioteksfunktion

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

European Environment Agency. Det Europæiske Miljøagentur

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Faroe Research Information Service - FRIS

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Forsvarsakademiets Bibliotek

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Grønlands Naturinstitut

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

IT-Universitetet I København, Biblioteket 2E04

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Københavns Professionshøjskole, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Lægemiddelstyrelsen, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Professionshøjskolen Absalon, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Statens Serum Institut, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek Inkl. UHA

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

UCL Erhvervsakademi Og Professionshøjskole

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

University College Nordjylland, Biblioteket

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

University College Syddanmark

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

VIA Biblioteker

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

VIVE

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Aalborg Universitetsbibliotek Inkl. UHA

Elsevier

Freedom Collection

Aarhus Maskinmesterskole. Videncenteret