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.

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.

Instructional video

On Elsevier's website you will find this instructional video about Gold Open Access: Central Funding Agreement

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