Open Access Update: IHR, HORG Meeting Open Access and Data Curation Team, 12th September 2014

Who’s affected by open access?

Everyone!

• Established researchers

• Early career researchers

• Post-docs

• PhD students/PGRs…

Anyone employed by or studying at Exeter in a research capacity will be affected either by funder policy, HEFCE policy or by the University’s own policy.

Open access – what’s the state of play?Complex landscape - various factors drive open access, not always in the same direction:

• Government attitude to ‘openness’ and ‘transparency’ (gold)• Funder policies (mainly gold)• HEFCE policy on open access in post-2014 REF (mainly green)• University policy (green)• Publisher response (frequently gold)

Definitions:Gold = pay a publisher for immediate open accessGreen = don’t pay, submit to a repository, usually with temporary embargo

RCUK

• RCUK-funded peer-reviewed published research papers and conference papers

• Embargoes: six months for STEM/M • CC-BY licence• Statement outlining how any supporting data can be

accessed • MRC expects valuable data to be preserved and made open

access where possible (ORE can be used for this purpose)• Gold OA via Exeter’s RCUK block grant – first come first

served• Deposit in repository (green) also acceptable if embargo

periods are compliant

Wellcome Trust

• Wellcome-funded peer-reviewed published research papers and conference papers

• Scholarly monographs and book chapters • Essential data to be made open access where possible• Six-month embargo & upload copy to Europe PMC• CC-BY licence• Gold OA is the norm via Exeter’s Wellcome block grant,

open to all Wellcome-funded researchers and PGRs• New Charities Fund: Arthritis Research UK; Breast Cancer

Campaign; British Heart Foundation; Cancer Research UK; Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

NIHR/DoH • New policy covers peer-reviewed published research

papers and conference papers (including review articles not commissioned by publishers)

• Submitted for publication from 1 April 2014 • Preference for gold via original grant or NIHR Open

Access Fund…• Via the awarding NIHR Programme Coordinating Centre• Six months maximum embargo• CC-BY licence• Deposit in Europe PMC

Data does not yet need to be open but NIHR researchers should submit to NIHR a statement on how underlying research materials, such as data, samples or models, can be accessed.

EuropeERC:• Green or gold• Costs of gold can be included in grant applications• All research publications (articles and monographs)• Maximum of six months from publication• Deposit in Europe PubMed Central/institutional repository

Horizon 2020 (evolving):• Green or gold• Peer-reviewed publications (also looking at data)• Costs of gold will be reimbursed• Maximum of six months from publication• Encourages authors to retain copyright• Encourages use of CC-BY

HEFCE

New HEFCE policy on open access for post-2014 REF:• Journal articles and• Conference proceedings with an ISSN• Accepted for publication after 1 April 2016

Favours green unpaid open access via deposit in a repository, for an output to be eligible for the REF it must be in a repository.

Requires deposit of accepted version on acceptance rather than publication.

See our blog for a summary.

HEFCE contd.For an output to be eligible for the REF:• It must be deposited in a repository such as ORE (institutional

repositories preferred)• No later than three months after acceptance• It should be the accepted version• Embargoes continue to apply from date of publication but the record

should be discoverable as soon as possible

- Authors are responsible for depositing papers to a repository- CC-BY-NC-ND licences are strongly recommended but not mandatory- 12 months embargo for REF Main Panels A & B- Gold papers must also be deposited (published version) 

BUT funder policy must still be observed where applicable (e.g., CC-BY licence, six-month embargo). See HEFCE’s FAQs.

University

• Exeter policy: academic freedom over where, what and when to publish is paramount

• Green OA is the cultural norm (free and open to all equally)

• Institutional mandate for self-deposit of papers in ORE via Symplectic

• Embargo: as required by funder or HEFCE• PGR policy

Publishers

• Some publishers increasing embargo periods to force authors towards gold

• Some charge extra for the CC-BY licence• Sometimes we pay as much in APCs in a year as we do for the

annual subscription (ACS)• Some smaller niche publishers (e.g., learned societies) fear they

may go out of business• Some (e.g., Elsevier) asking academics to remove published

PDFs from web sites – ResearchGate/Academia.edu

SHERPA/RoMEO is a useful site for finding out more about publisher, journal and funder policy.

How do I get funds for open access?• If you’re funded by RCUK or Wellcome (including associated

charities) contact openaccess@exeter.ac.uk • Application for RCUK funds needs to come from a PI • Fill in a form and return by email or use the online form• Anyone funded by Wellcome (including research students) can

apply directly• Library will process the request and handle payment• We have signed up to a number of subscription schemes:

o BioMed Central (for EMS only)*o Wiley journals (RCUK & Wellcome)o Royal Society – 25% discount for anyone who has fundso Sage journals – £200 for anyone who has funds

• NIHR/DoH researchers use existing grant or new NIHR fund* NIHR BMC scheme – 15% discount

How do I deposit a paper in ORE?Researchers PhDs/PGRs

Use the Repository Tools feature in Symplectic

Use the ORE submit form

Click Full Text Login with UoE credentials

Click Manage Full Text Select your subject collection

Choose file from your hard drive Provide as much bibliographic detail as possible

Click Upload Upload

Symplectic guide and ORE depositing guide

Remember to keep the accepted version of your paper – this is what you should normally submit to ORE unless you have paid for OA.

Further Information & Help• Library open access website:

http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/openaccess/• Research Toolkit: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/toolkit/• Open access queries: openaccess@exeter.ac.uk • Information on gold open access funds:

http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/openaccess/oaoptions/• Open access survival guide: http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14187• Open access survival guide for new PGR students: http://

hdl.handle.net/10871/12501• Guide to uploading to ORE using Symplectic: http://hdl.handle.net/10036/4048• Check your publisher’s policy at SHERPA/RoMEO:

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/ • Subject Librarians: http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/subjectguides/

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