Open Access Policy and Guidelines

TU Delft policy and guidelines on Open Access publishing

TU Delft has a long and successful open access tradition that started in 2003 with the signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. According to the mission, vision and strategy of TU Delft open access publications has become the norm for research output. In the publication year 2022 almost all peer reviewed articles are published open access (98%)

The Open Access policy of 2016 no longer reflects the current practice as much has changed in the open access landscape. The new policies and guidelines, starting date February 1, 2024, bring together all of TU Delft's Open Access components. The main principles are:

• Compliancy with funder requirements as Plan S, NWO and European Union
• A distinct preference for the CC-BY license which allows reuse to distribute, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator
• Short Scientific work as an open access tool. As of 1 February 2023, the publisher’s versions of all short works (articles, conference proceedings and book chapters) by TU Delft researchers that have not been published open access are automatically made open access six months after publication, via the TU Delft Repository.