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Ways to Open Access
Sophia JonesCentre for Research Communications (CRC)
University of Nottingham
Open Access
Visibility (The citation advantage of open access articles, Michael Norris,
2008)
Subscription costs
Central storage and preservation
Research funders’ requirements (SHERPA Juliet: www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet)
How to make publications Open Access
OA Journals http://www.doaj.org/ - Hybrid Journals (69 publishers listed in RoMEO)
How to make publications Open Access
OA repositories http://www.opendoar.org
Store digital copies of research materials and make them freely available online
Nottingham Eprints: [email protected]
Publication and self-archiving
Author writes paper
Submits to journal
Paper refereed
Revised by author
Author submits final version
Published in journal
RepositoryPreprint
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Checking publisher’s policy on OA
www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo Over 90% of journals allow archiving of journal
articles, subject to conditions In most cases they allow archiving of the
author’s final version A few publishers have embargo periods (e.g. 6
months) which need to be spent before papers can be made available
Nottingham ePrintseprints.nottingham.ac.uk
DART Europe – www.dart-europe.eu
http://etheses.nottingham.ac.ukhttp://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ris/local/funding-opportunities/index.php
References Nottingham ePrints http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk Nottingham eTheses http://etheses.nottingham.ac.uk SHERPA JULIET (funder policies) http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/ SHERPA ROMEO (publisher policies)http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo
Hybrid OA options http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/paideoa.html OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org Directory of OA Journals http://www.doaj.org/ Additional reading:
Peter Suber’s Blog http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html SHERPA info & advice http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/guidance/authors.html#whatoa Houghton Report, and comments
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/documents/economicpublishingmodelsfinalreport.aspx
