Ways to Open Access Sophia Jones Centre 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:

How to make publications Open Access OA Journals - Hybrid Journals (69 publishers listed in RoMEO)

Open Access Publications Fund Research Innovation Services

How to make publications Open Access OA repositories Store digital copies of research materials and make them freely available online Nottingham Eprints:

Publication and self-archiving Author writes paper Submits to journal Paper refereed Revised by author Author submits final version Published in journal Repository Preprint Postprint

Checking publishers policy on OA Over 90% of journals allow archiving of journal articles, subject to conditions In most cases they allow archiving of the authors final version A few publishers have embargo periods (e.g. 6 months) which need to be spent before papers can be made available

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References Nottingham ePrints Nottingham eTheses SHERPA JULIET (funder policies) SHERPA ROMEO (publisher policies) Hybrid OA options OpenDOAR Directory of OA Journals Additional reading: Peter Subers Blog SHERPA info & advice Houghton Report, and comments aspx aspx

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