Open access Caroline Huxtable and Imogen Ward-Smith openaccess@exeter.ac.uk
24 October 2017
Today’s briefing will cover What is open access? What are its benefits? Self-archiving and Paid open access Open access policies
What is open access? Unrestricted, free, immediate online access to research publications, together with rights to use those publications, as long as appropriate credit is given to the authors
Self-archiving and Paid open access Self-archiving ** • deposit in a repository for free • sometimes with a temporary embargo on access • no Article Processing Charge (APC) ** Paid open access **
• free immediate access to the published version on the journal’s website • usually involves payment to the publisher of an APC • deposit in a repository permitted *
Green open access
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Gold open access
University of Exeter Open Access Research and Research Data Management Policy http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26168 The University’s preferred route to open access is self-archiving via the institutional repository, ORE The policy applies to all research conducted at the University Authors of other publication types, e.g. monographs, ‘are encouraged to pursue open access where possible’
HEFCE Policy for open access in Research Excellence Framework 2021 www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2016/201635/
To be eligible for submission to the next REF: • Journal articles and conference proceedings with an ISSN • Accepted for publication after 1 April 2016 • Must be deposited in an institutional or subject repository
Which version to deposit?
Accepted manuscript
HEFCE. The diagram shown here is dedicated to the public domain for open reuse.
Where to deposit? Open Research Exeter (ORE)
The institutional repository of the University of Exeter
Use Symplectic to deposit to ORE Multiple Symplectic records for a publication?
- join them first, then upload to ORE - if they can’t be joined: hide and/or reject all but one, from which to upload to ORE
When to deposit? As soon as possible after acceptance for publication No later than three months after this date (as given in the acceptance letter or email to the author)
Publisher policies • Many journals permit deposit of accepted version to ORE • The publisher may impose an embargo
Funder / embargo conflict • HEFCE permits embargo: ≤ 12 months for REF main panels A and B (~ STEM disciplines) ≤ 24 months for REF main panels C and D (~ HASS disciplines) • Research funder may permit embargo, commonly: ≤ 6 months (STEM) ≤ 12 months (HASS)
Paying for open access APC = (open access) Article Processing Charge
Fully open access journals
Hybrid journals
APCs paid Aug 2016 – Jul 2017 inc. VAT inc. discounts
£6,000
£5,016
£5,000
£4,000
£3,000 £2,220
£2,000
£1,000
£200 £0
Funder Open Access Requirements 1. Acknowledge funding, including grant numbers 2. Include a data access statement 3. Check T&C of research grant for open access obligations 4. Check funder open access policy (if applicable)
Research Councils UK (RCUK):
AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC Peer-reviewed research / review articles & conference proceedings 1. Deposit accepted version to ORE with embargo ≤ 6 months (STEM) or ≤ 12 months (HASS) BBSRC, MRC also deposit to PubMed Central (PMC)
2. Paid open access + CC-BY licence via RCUK Open Access block grant
Submit an open access funding request upon acceptance: openaccess@exeter.ac.uk
Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)
Arthritis Research UK, Bloodwise, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Parkinsons UK and Wellcome Trust 1. Paid open access + CC-BY licence + publisher deposit to PMC via Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) 2. If no compliant paid option, deposit accepted version to Europe PMC+ ≤ 6 months embargo
The Wellcome Trust also require open access to scholarly monographs & book chapters
Submit an open access funding request upon acceptance: openaccess@exeter.ac.uk
European Research Council (ERC), FP7, Horizon2020 Depending on the type of ERC grant and Work programme under which it was awarded (FP7/H2020) different rules for Open Access and Research Data apply ERC open access overview ERC open access guidelines should always be observed Deposit accepted version to ORE ≤ 6 months embargo (STEM) or ≤ 12 months (HASS) Also deposit in PMC/EPMC Or, paid open access via research grant (during project) Horizon2020: open access to all peer-reviewed scientific publications
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) 1. Paid open access + CC-BY licence APC paid through original award or NIHR open access fund
2. If no compliant paid option, author deposit accepted version via Europe PMC+ ≤6 months embargo
Institutional APC fund *For papers that are not eligible to have open access costs paid by funder of research *Lead author is based at Exeter *Publication is of suitable quality for submission to REF (3*/4*), as determined by DoR
Submit an open access funding request: openaccess@exeter.ac.uk
APC discounts No charge to publish open access in eligible Springer Open Choice journals £200 APC: SAGE Choice journals £450 APC: eligible Taylor & Francis Open Select journals 25% discounted APC: The Royal Society 15% discounted APC: BioMed Central 10% discounted APC: Hindawi, limited number of APC waivers also available
Other publication charges E.g. page charges, publication fees (not OA), colour, figure charges • Arrangements for paying other publication charges vary by funder – Check T&Cs of research grant, they may be eligible costs • RCUK block grant can be used for publication charges for RCUK funded research
Submit an RCUK publication charges funding request: openaccess@exeter.ac.uk
Further help‌ openaccess@exeter.ac.uk Caroline Huxtable (Repository) Imogen Ward-Smith (Open Access Publications) rdm@exeter.ac.uk Chris Tibbs (Research Data Officer) Patricia Liebetrau (Open Research Manager) Open Access web pages