![Can I write an article or book based on my open access thesis?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
This is an interesting question and one that early career researchers commonly ask. You’ve worked long and hard on your PhD thesis and achieved your…
![New post on the Jisc Scholarly Communication blog](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Frank Manista reports from the General Assembly for OpenAire Advance and Legal Entity meeting held in Hungary in January. 34 members of the OpenAire Advance…
![Wellcome Institute amended Open Access Policy 2020](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2018/11/wellcome-logo-black.jpg)
The Wellcome Institute – amended open access policy The Wellcome Institute recently announced that it’s making changes to its Open Access Policy. The new policy…
![Sconul welcomes UKRI commitment to open access "Plan S".](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
UKRI and Science Foundation Ireland along with nine other European funding agencies have signed up to “Plan S”. The plan is seen as a transformative…
![REF2021 Impact case studies](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Need help with writing an excellent impact case study for REF2021? Mark Reed, shares his experience as a reviewer of case studies for REF2014 on…
![Something else to be wary about? Hijacked journals](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
You’ve probably heard of predatory journals that actively and sometimes aggressively seek researchers to publish their articles in their journals, well, there’s something else to watch…
![Open Access week of webinars from OpenAire](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
October 24th – 30th 2016 is the 9th International Open Access week. OpenAire is offering a week of webinars on Open Science themes. These free,…
![Act on acceptance - what is it?](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
We have just added an act on acceptance page to this blog but…what does it mean? Over the next year or so the rules about making your work…
![Leap into research - booking now open!](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Booking is now open for a three day researcher development event, Leap Into Research. Jointly organised by the Research and Innovation Office and Information Services,…
![FP7 Post-grant Open Access publishing funds pilot](https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/open-access/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The European Commission launched the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot early in 2015, https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot, to fund Open Access publishing fees for publications arising from finished…