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Improving health worldwide www.lshtm.ac.uk Research Excellence Framework & Open Access 23 May 2016
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Improving health worldwide www.lshtm.ac.uk
Research Excellence
Framework & Open Access
23 May 2016
Post 2014 REF
• To fulfil its aim of increasing substantially the proportion of research that is made available by open access (OA) in the UK, the four UK higher education funding bodies have introduced a requirement that outputs submitted to the post-2014 REF be made available in an open-access form.
• Open access refers to unrestricted, online access to the published findings of research.
• enables the prompt and widespread dissemination of research findings
• benefits both the efficiency of the research process and economic growth driven by publicly funded research
• increases public understanding of research
Why Open Access?
OA Citation Advantage
http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/openaccessarchive/Conference%20presentations/Swan%20-Trieste%20FEST.pdf
Improving health worldwide www.lshtm.ac.uk
• Notify [email protected] , on acceptance, for ALLresearch articles that you are named on.
• Send us the Accepted manuscript, and data as per table below
New requirements
Not Open Access
Data RequiredOn Acceptance
Title, Journal,AuthorsOA status
Date of AcceptanceLicense Type
Embargo LengthDate of Publication (if known)
Press Embargo date, if high profile
Documents for repository Acceptance Email (for internal purposes only)
Author’s Accepted Manuscript MandatoryPublished Version Publisher permitting
The requirement only applies
to…
• Journal articles
• 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.
What?
– not just those where you are lead author
– not just those that are not Open Access
– not just those you think are REF material: the next REF may not be based on individuals’ Best Four, but on best ~2000 from the School as a whole – don’t be selective at this stage.
Details
Author manuscripts
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript Published article - PDF
Where will my
manuscript go?
It’ll be deposited in an open access institutional repository: the School’s
Exemptions
• It is recognised that publishers often impose an embargo before repositories can make manuscripts openly available.
• In recognition of the embargoes applied by many publishers, the maximum permitted embargo is 12 months (for Panel A)
Exemptions
• The embargo period does not provide exemption/extension from the requirement to deposit within three months of acceptance
• The article can be kept closed access until the embargo expires. (In such instances the article can still form part of the REF).
Exemptions
• If the paper will not be made open access until after the maximum embargo, researchers must be confident that the journal/proceeding is the most appropriate publication for the work.
How do I check if the journal is REF compliant?
Check compliance
https://ref.sherpa.ac.uk/
What about paid OA?
• If the article is open access – send us the details as soon as you hear it’s been accepted.
– REF rules give you the option to wait for the published version before depositing the full-text
– You can deposit the manuscript and later replace it with the published version, for all OA and some non-OA
Open Access (Full OA or optional payment journal)
Title, Journal,Authors
OA status
Date of Acceptance
License Type
n/a
Date of Publication (if known)
Press Embargo date, if high profile
Acceptance Email (for internal purposes only)
Author’s Accepted Manuscript Optional, but recommended
Published Version Strongly Recommended – can replace AAM
Compliance so far
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
Information
HEFCE REF Policy:http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/
Complete list of FAQs:http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/FAQ/
