Edinburgh Napier University supports the ‘green’ route to open access, where authors deposit copies of their research in the institutional repository. Many authors also want to publish articles in ‘gold’ open access in journals with Creative Commons licenses. There are
Here’s some good news for a Friday! If you’re a member of the British Psychological Society, you will not be charged an article processing charge (APC) if you publish your work in any of these Wiley journals: British Journal
It’s taken a while to go through various publisher contracts but we’ve finally managed to extract information about an increased number of APCs available to researchers at Edinburgh Napier University. We’ve updated the offset APC page to reflect this so please
If you’re thinking of doing some research over the summer, we’ve got some great resources to help you. Have you seen our Decision Tree? This is a step by step look at key stages through the process of doing research.
Offset APCs are a new, rapidly changing area as publishers offer discounted or free Article Processing Charges as part of their journal subscription packages. The offset APC offers vary widely, from limiting them to a certain number, offering a certain percentage off
JISC, RLUK, SCONUL and the Association of Research Managers and Administrators have recently published a thought-provoking discussion paper, Academic journal markets, their limitations, and the consequences for a transition to Open Access: a thought piece. In publishing this report
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) have released a statement in support of open access and are asking for support from universities, libraries, researchers, funders etc. across Europe. LERU report that the statement is supported by the European Commissioner
Executive Director of Jisc Digital Resources and CEO of Jisc Colections, Lorraine Estelle, has written a very thought provoking piece about the price of open access for higher education institutions in the UK. Articles which are free to use and read
Today the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it will become an open access funder from 1st January 2015. This will especially apply to “low and middle income countries”. Furthermore, they specify that the research has to be published immediately as