{"id":2448,"date":"2019-04-29T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T10:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/elsevier-and-norwegian-consortium-sign-a-e9-million-open-access-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:32:15","slug":"elsevier-and-norway-sign-a-eu9-million-open-access-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/elsevier-and-norway-sign-a-eu9-million-open-access-deal","title":{"rendered":"Elsevier and Norwegian consortium sign a \u20ac9 million open access deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elsevier, one of the leading academic publishers, has signed a new open access deal with the Norwegian consortium of universities and research institutions. The \u20ac9 million (around US $10 million) pilot agreement will allow <\/span><\/span>Norwegian researchers to publish in an open access format in most of Elsevier\u2019s journals. This agreement comes a month after the Norwegian consortium announced<\/a> that they will not renew their agreement with Elsevier. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the two-year pilot license, researchers at 7 universities and 39 research institutions in Norway will gain access to articles published in over 2,500 Elsevier journals and at the same time publish their articles in an open access format. According to a Norwegian open access website<\/a>, the deal will ensure that Norwegian researchers can publish in an open access format in nearly 90% of Elsevier\u2019s journals. However, around 400 journals owned by academic associations as well as those by third party publications like The Lancet<\/i> and Cell Press <\/i>are excluded from the agreement. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Roar Olsen, director general of the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research (Unit), which represents the institutions said, \u201cWe are very pleased to have signed this groundbreaking pilot agreement that enables Norwegian researchers to read and publish in the vast majority of Elsevier\u2019s high quality journals<\/a>.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Several European Union nations like Germany and Sweden<\/a> as well as the University of California have made similar demands to combine the cost of accessing paywalled articles and publishing in open access models. However, the negotiations to strike such a deal failed, due to which the consortia of these nations terminated their contracts with Elsevier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to continuing to support Norwegian researchers<\/a>\u201d said Gino Ussi, Executive Vice President at Elsevier and added that the deal gave \u201cfair value to both sides<\/a>.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Norway\u2019s deal with Elsevier has given a new direction to the open access conversation and it remains to be seen whether more countries show interest in signing deals like this in the future. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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