Checking your journal's policy
To make your articles open access you will need to know what your chosen journal will allow.
You will need to consider:
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Embargo periods (is the journal embargo within the maximum permitted by REF or your funder?)
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Licences (e.g. many research funders require making outputs open access with a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence - does the journal permit you to apply this type of licence?)
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What version of your article can be deposited (e.g. it is the Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM, otherwise known as post-print) which is required for REF).
We recommend sending an initial enquiry to UoN’s Open Access service to clarify your journal’s policy prior to submission.
Send us an enquiry about open access (UoN login required)
Email the Open Access team
Visit our webpage to find out more about Funder open access policies.
Some funders may permit their authors to pay gold open access fees from their grants, terms and conditions depending. The University administers open access block grants on behalf of UKRI, Wellcome, and the British Heart Foundation. These funders all have clear requirements for gold open access. It is important to check these requirements carefully if you are planning to request open access funding.