The document discusses open access policies in the UK and other regions. It notes that the UK government is committed to making publicly funded research accessible for free through open access. Research councils in the UK expect researchers they fund to deposit publications in open access repositories within 6-12 months. There are two main forms of open access - gold open access where articles are published in fully open access journals, often with article processing fees, and green open access where articles are archived in open repositories. The document provides guidance on open access options and policies for researchers in the UK.

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2. Regions with policies on open access
• Europe
• UK
• Australia
• ...Hong Kong?

3. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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4. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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5. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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6. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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7. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
“The Research Councils expect the researchers they fund to deposit
published articles or conference proceedings in an open access
repository at or around the time of publication. But this practice is
unevenly enforced. Therefore, as an immediate step, we have asked
the Research Councils to ensure the researchers they fund fulfil the
current requirements.”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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8. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
“The Research Councils expect the researchers they fund to deposit
published articles or conference proceedings in an open access
repository at or around the time of publication. But this practice is
unevenly enforced. Therefore, as an immediate step, we have asked
the Research Councils to ensure the researchers they fund fulfil the
current requirements.”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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9. UK situation
“The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
transparency and open data, is committed that publicly-funded
research should be accessible free of charge. Free and open access to
taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and economic
benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK research
and encouraging technology transfer”
“The Research Councils expect the researchers they fund to deposit
published articles or conference proceedings in an open access
repository at or around the time of publication. But this practice is
unevenly enforced. Therefore, as an immediate step, we have asked
the Research Councils to ensure the researchers they fund fulfil the
current requirements.”
Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills, 2011
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10. Why open access?1
• Improved visibility of research
• Greater impact through wider awareness
• Easier to facilitate and manage use and re-use of outputs
• Demonstrate greater value of publicly-funded research
1 – See UK Open Access Implementation Group, http://open-access.org.uk/
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11. Open access
• “Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions” (Peter Suber,
http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm)
– Free of price barriers
– Free of permission barriers
• Two common forms
– Gold OA
• Usually publication through a journal that makes the output freely
and openly available via the Web. Such a journal may charge a fee to
publish
– Green OA
• Depositing the output in an open access repository that exposes the
outputs freely and openly to the Web (whilst also managing the
content)
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12. Open access options
• Gold
– Can publish in completely open access journal
• Directory of Open Access Journals, http://www.doaj.org
– Most publishers charge an APC
• Author or Article Processing Charge
• Anything from £50 to £3,000
– Hybrid OA option
• Pay APC to journal normally charging a subscription to open up your article
• Green
– Institutional or subject repository
• Deposit could be to one or other, or both
– Repositories may also hold supplementary materials
• E.g., data, reports, etc
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13. Open access comparison
Intermediary Output
Publisher Article
Publisher
Repository
Article
Article
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D
E
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££/$$
££/$$
££/$$
A
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Organisation
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14. RCUK Gold OA policy
Intermediary Output
Publisher Article
Publisher
Repository
Article
Article
R
E
A
D
E
R
A
U
T
H
O
R
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Optional
x x

15. RCUK Green OA policy
Intermediary Output
Publisher Article
Repository Article
R
E
A
D
E
R
A
U
T
H
O
R
6/12 months
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16. Wiley Green OA policy
Intermediary Output
Publisher Article
Repository Article
R
E
A
D
E
R
A
U
T
H
O
R
12/24 months*
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* - depending on subject group and only of final accepted manuscript
x

17. Research publicly funded?
Yes No
Gold OA option available from your publisher?
Yes No
Are APC funds available from
research funder?
Green OA after 6 months
(AHRC/ ESRC after 12 months)
Yes No
Immediate Gold OA Green OA after 12-24 months
Summary flowchart
(RCUK)
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18. How can you decide which Open Access journal in
which to publish?
Considerations
• Cost
• Sustainability
• Reputation

22. Beware of predatory journals

33. Copyright and Open Access License
The majority of Wiley Open Access journals publish open
access articles under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) License which permits use, distribution
and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
is properly cited. A limited number of Wiley Open Access
journals offer a choice of Creative Commons Licenses:
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, Creative
Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY NC)
license and Creative Commons Attribution Non-
Commercial-NoDerivs License.

34. Thank you
…Questions?
r.watson@hull.ac.uk