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.
Here are some of the main points of the agreement:
- The price of the agreement is fixed for the entire period and is based on the price in 2020.
- 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.
- Institution-neutral price increase on databases and reference tools from Elsevier of 1.12%
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.
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).
Check journals included in the agreement
Check here which journals are included in the agreement.
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 |