Open Access Publication – How to increase your research impact without it having to cost the earth.
John McCaffery Research Services Manager Library & Learning Centre CECHR Symposium 24th February, 2016
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Open Access publication - questions researchers ask What is Open Access? Why should I make my research available as Open Access? What does all this cost, and where’s the money coming from? I’ve heard Open Access is required for the REF – is this true? Where can I get help with all this?
What is open access? “Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.”* * Peter Suber, “What is Open Access?”, Open Access (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2012), 4.
Why should I make my research available as Open Access? Get the widest possible dissemination for your research
Comply with your funder’s conditions Ensure your publications are eligible for the next REF
I want people to read my research Publishing Open Access means‌ No journal subscription required to access your research Reach a wider audience
I want to see what impact my research has There’s more to measuring impact than just article citations and Journal Impact Factors‌
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Keeping the funders happy‌
All require Open Access publication
Post-2014 REF and Open Access If accepted for publication after 1 April 2016‌ Journal article or conference proceeding with an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
MUST be Open Access to be eligible Deposit your final Accepted Manuscript in PURE as soon as your paper is accepted – the LLC will do the rest More information available at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/research/ref2020/
To pay or not to pay? An example… Global Change Biology (3rd in Web of Science Impact Factor table for Environmental Science) Subscription - $7545 per annum OA fee - $4000 per article But… possible to deposit Accepted Manuscript in PURE for no cost (12 month embargo)
What does all this cost? - the “Gold OA” option (£1575)
Where does the money come from? - the “Gold OA” option RCUK & Institutional funding available from the LLC via http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/research/openaccess/manuscriptd epositandopenaccess/ Other funders – Information available at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/library/research/openaccess/ But, it isn’t always necessary to pay...
The free alternative - the “Green OA” option Self-archive Deposit a copy of the Final Approved Manuscript in PURE Full-text is embargoed for a time determined by publisher There’s no cost, and the LLC handles the details
Open Access - Help is available from the Library & Learning Centre Contact the Discovery team (discovery@dundee.ac.uk) for help, advice and information.