{"id":1098,"date":"2016-03-17T15:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/open-access\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2016-03-17T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:03:51","slug":"sherpa-ref-beta-version-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/open-access\/sherpa-ref-beta-version-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherpa REF beta service now available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year\u00a0we <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/open-access\/sherparef\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogged <\/a>about the development of a\u00a0new service that wasn&#8217;t quite available yet,\u00a0called Sherpa REF. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.sherpa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">beta version of Sherpa REF <\/a>is now available for use and as it&#8217;s the beta version, the developers are also very keen to hear your feedback on it.<\/p>\n<p>Sherpa REF is jointly funded by JISC and HEFCE. The homepage has the clean, simple and almost austere appearance of the other SHERPA services but this is not in any way a\u00a0criticism. In fact, it makes the service look straightforward and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does Sherpa REF do?\u00a0You can\u00a0find out if the journal you want to publish in allows you to comply with REF open access\u00a0requirements.\u00a0How do you do this? It&#8217;s easy, just put the journal title into the search box, select the correct REF panel and click Check.\u00a0Sherpa REF will then tell you if the journal is REF compliant and tell you\u00a0what you need to do to make sure you\u00a0meet REF requirements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ref.sherpa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sherpa REF <\/a>is a very useful tool and sits well alongside the other SHERPA services, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherpa.ac.uk\/fact\/\" target=\"_blank\">SHERPA\/FACT<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherpa.ac.uk\/juliet\/index.php?la=en\" target=\"_blank\">SHERPA\/JULIET <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sherpa.ac.uk\/romeo\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">SHERPA\/RoMEO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year\u00a0we blogged about the development of a\u00a0new service that wasn&#8217;t quite available yet,\u00a0called Sherpa REF. 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