Swansea University 2013 Open Access: a quiet revolution?

Development of the Movement 2001 Budapest Open Access InitiativeBudapest Open Access Initiative 2003 Bethesda Statement on Open Access PublishingBethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities 2012 Finch ReportFinch Report

Open Access: a definition Users of OA material have the right to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles“ (Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002 )

An International Movement

Different models are evolving... Open Access Journal Publishing There are a growing number of open access journals and most of the major publishers now have some kind of open access option Open Access Repositories The aim of the Repository Movement... to collect, share and preserve open access versions of research papers... or Removing barriers to current research Institutional Repositories Deposit in the repository and increase the visibility of your work and the university

What is Gold Open Access? Gold = Full free access immediately upon publication Any charge is paid at the beginning of the publication process by the author or funder rather than by the reader – APC’s Examples Biomed Central PLOS Sage Open Average cost £1600

What is hybrid Open Access? Traditional subscription journals with an optional OA article processing charge for individual articles.

What is Green Open Access? Green = Publish conventionally without a fee then deposit peer reviewed pre-print to a repository Green versions are normally functionally equivalent to published versions. Pre-print or Post-print Author needs to comply with publishers policies

Monographs and Open Access

Discussion – Open Access: what are the benefits and problems / challenges? The benefits and problems of open access

Why Publish Open Access? Impact - citation advantage

Why Publish Open Access? Funders increasingly require it

Open Access Tools Sherpa Juliet - A summary of policies given by various research funders as part of their grant awards Sherpa Juliet Sherpa Fact – Funders & Authors Compliance ToolSherpa Fact Sherpa Romeo Sherpa Romeo – Journal copyright rules Can you self archive? What embargo periods apply?

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Hands on

How does Swansea University support OA? To find out if your project qualifies and to access the request form or ISS can pay the APC Fees for RCUK funded research to be published as CC-BY

RCUK requirements for APC funding Your research must be funded by RCUK and acknowledge this in your publication It must be for a peer reviewed journal article or conference paper. Other publication types are not covered at present. You must be using a gold open access route and a CC-BY licence. RCUK policy

Creative commons The most liberal licence which allows others to use, remix and tweak your work, even commercially provided they credit you for the original creation – not a licence for plagiarism!

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