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
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 eligible for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) are going to change…twice! There is a very real
This article from the Times Higher highlights the strength of feeling between advocates of the gold route, and those advocating the green route. Mainly over embargo periods due to publisher restrictions. https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5G4Y-B131-JCF5-B3F5&csi=235861&oc=00240&perma=true
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