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Open Access - Deposits & Costs

The open access policy for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF)

's policy is that the accepted manuscript of all outputs must be uploaded to 's Research Publications Service (RPS) within 3 months of on-line publication. This will make them compliant with the REF open access policy. Manuscripts will be made open access through  Discovery, 's institutional repository, according to the publisher's copyright permissions (usually after a delay period).

Open Access Costs

has a number of new “transformative agreements” with Wiley, Springer, Sage, IOP, RSC and some smaller society publishers. These agreements allow most or all corresponding authors, regardless of funding, to publish their papers open access.

Relevant Links

  • Open access funding - is open access funding available for my publication; does have a transformative agreement with my publisher?
  • Research funders - which journals meet the requirements of my funder's open access policy?
  • REF open access - what do I need to do to make my paper eligible for REF?
  • RPS - how do I record my publications and upload them in 's Research Publications Service (RPS)?

Contacts

Contact the Open Access Team