An overview of the HEFCE Open Access requirements for the next Research Excellence Framework in the UK.

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REF & Open Access

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Acceptance
If you have been accepted for
publication by a journal or
conference proceedings you
must do the following within 3
months…

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Forward newly-accepted manuscripts to
publications@lshtm.ac.uk
enclosing:
• peer-reviewed accepted manuscript
• date of acceptance/acceptance email
• Publisher embargo terms, if applicable
What?

4. Author manuscripts
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript Published article - PDF

5. Author-pays Open Access
• Still send us publication details – we still need date of acceptance
• Options:
• No longer mandatory to deposit author accepted manuscripts in the
case of Open Access papers
• Still recommended that the published Open Access version of record
is deposited in ResearchOnline (but in a majority of cases this will
happen automatically).

6. Monitoring submissions
Check what manuscripts we have in
your name:
https://intra.lshtm.ac.uk/publications/OAviewer/index.php?-table=by_author
Check what published articles we
have in your name:
https://intra.lshtm.ac.uk/publications/OAviewer/index.php?-table=publications

7. • The requirement applies only to journal articles and
conference proceedings with an International Standard Serial
Number (ISSN).
• It will not apply to monographs, book chapters, other long-
form publications, working papers, creative or practice-based
research outputs, or data.
• Post-2014 Research Excellence Framework:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/
• Complete list of FAQs:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/FAQ/
FAQs