Open Access Publishing
Wellcome Trust and research councils
The MRC, BBSRC, NERC and the ESRC have joined the Wellcome Trust
in requiring that articles resulting from research they fund must be made
available in an open access archive. The MRC and the Wellcome Trust specify
that this must be UK PubMed Central (UKPMC). In order to comply with this
condition researchers need to either publish in journals that offer open
access options, including deposit in UKPMC, or obtain permission to self-deposit
in UKPMC.
In the case of the Wellcome Trust deposit in UKPMC is a condition of all grants they have issued, regardless of the date of award.
The MRC, BBSRC, NERC and the ESRC are applying the condition to all grants they award from 1st October 2006 and encourage open access publishing for articles resulting from any awards made prior to this date.
Details of the RCUK's general statement are available here.
Policies from the specific councils are available here:BBSRC;
ESRC;
MRC;
NERC
Information from the Wellcome Trust is available here.
Information on how to meet the conditions of the Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC, NERC and the ESRC is available here.
Other funders
The SHERPA/JULIET database
provides details of the conditions of funders with respect to open access
publishing.
Further information
Information on the different open access publishing models, costs
and other issues is available here.
If you have any queries relating to open accessing publishing please contact Caroline Lloyd, Head of Library & Archives Service, caroline.lloyd@lshtm.ac.uk, 020 7927 2283.
Links
BioMed Central (BMC)
: publisher of open access journals. The School has supporter membership
of BMC. This entitles all School members to a 15% discount on BMC's fees.
Wellcome funded researchers can use the Trust's open access award to meet
the remaining 85%.
Blackwell Online Open : open access service from Blackwell Publishing.
Cambridge Open Option : open access service from Cambridge University Press
Directory of Open Access Journals
Elsevier arrangements for Wellcome Trust funded researchers
Grant-awarding bodies that make funds available for the payment of publication fees
Guidance on acknowledging funders
JAMA arrangements for Wellcome Trust funded researchers JAMA does not deposit articles in UKPMC on behalf of authors. Authors may use the self-deposit option providing they adhere to the requirements of JAMA.
JISC briefing paper on open access
OUP Oxford Open : open access service from Oxford University Press.
Public Library of Science (PLoS) : publisher of open access journals.
Research Councils UK: Access to Research Outputs
SHERPA : project investigating the future of scholarly communication.
SHERPA/JULIET : database of the open access requirements of research funding bodies.
SHERPA/RoMEO listing of publishers with paid options for open access
SHERPA/RoMEO Publishers' Copyright Listings : details of publishers' policies on open access and self-archiving
Springer Open Choice : open access service from Springer
UK PubMed Central and PubMed Central UK and US repositories of biomedical and life sciences journal literature