Open Scholarship

Open Access

Open Bibliography

Open Citation

Open Data

Open Educational Resources

Open Research

Open KnowledgeFoundation

Open Source

Software

Open Agenda

WikimediaFoundation

Coursematerials

Learning objects

Contentmodules

Linked Open Data

ResearchData

Management

OpenNotebook

Science

myExperiment.org

OpenSpending

Wikipedia

WikimediaCommons

Operating system

Applications

David Willetts, Minister for Universities & Science

Mark Walport, Wellcome TrustNow Govt Chief Scientific Advisor

Dame Janet Finch, Chair of Working Group and progenitor of Finch Report

Douglas KellBBSRC & RCUK Champion for Information

OA: Shifting Landscape

• Finch Report June 2012 – Review Nov 18• RCUK Policy on OA rev July 2012 (original

2005)• HEFCE REF 2020 – draft OA mandate • EU Horizon 2020 – OA grant conditions• Germany – OA developments including

copyright• Obama Govt. – OA policy development for

Federal agencies & FASTR (Fair Access to Science and Technology Research)

Why is this happening now?

– Technology: Possible because of the Internet

– Public: Tax-payer access to funded research

– Funding councils: Limited reach of research behind paywalls

– Government: An engine for economic growth

– Libraries: The ‘serials crisis’– Licensing: Creative Commons (CC-BY)

“Free availability at the point of use and removal of restrictions on re-use are key hallmarks of Open Access”

http://open-access.org.uk/information-and-guidance/open-access

Open Access - Journals

GreenPublish as normal in your

preferred journal but deposit the final peer-reviewed text of the

published work in the University’s PURE system so that it can be accessed via the Edinburgh Research Explorer

Open Access - Journals

GoldPublish as normal in your preferred journal and pay* the publisher an

additional Article Processing Charge (APC) to make the article free to read

on the publisher’s website.

*not all publishers charge APCs

Green or Gold?

• The University and the College have a strong preference for the Green route to open access wherever possible

• Whichever route is taken, the final output is still peer-reviewed in the normal way

Green or Gold?

• Central funding is available for Open Access (APC) publication fees:

– Wellcome Trust • Do NOT pay page charges

– RCUK• Do pay all publication charges

Green or

Gold?

Open Access - Versions

• Final Published Version

• This is the final version that has been published (Publisher’s PDF). If the journal you have published in is Open Access then you are most likely to be able to archive this version.

• Generally NOT allowed to post.

Open Access - Versions

• Accepted Manuscript (Author Final Version or Post-print)

• This is the peer-reviewed version accepted for publication but before any journal style has been applied or any copyediting or proofreading has been done

• This is the version mostly commonly used for archival in a repository

Open Access - Versions

• Pre-print• This is generally a version that has not

been through journal peer-review. A few journals will only allow this version to be archived in a repository

• Subject discipline specific adoption, e.g. Maths/Physics.

Open Access – Embargo Periods for MRC and Wellcome Trust

• Research papers in biomedicine should be published immediately, or with an embargo period of no longer than six months, as has been the MRC’s mandated policy since 2006.

Open Access – Some ExamplesVersions, Embargo Periods & Fees

• BMJ: Published version immediately with fee (£3000)

• Epidemiology and Infection (CUP): Accepted Manuscript immediately, published version after 12 month embargo, or Published version immediately ($2700)

• Public Health (Elsevier): Published version immediately ($3000). Accepted Manuscript after 12-mth. Embargo.

• Human Molecular Genetics (OUP): Accepted Manuscript with 12-mth. Embargo. Published version immediately (£1750).

Open Access – IGMM

Breadth:• Around 1250 journals (with ~ 6000 articles)• 33% contain only 1 or 2 articles• Most common:

- PLoS One (125 articles)

- British Journal of Cancer (113)

- Human Molecular Genetics (107)

- Nature Genetics (93)

- Stroke (75)

- The Lancet (71)

Open Access Project

• Institution-wide push for Green open access

• Hired and trained Publication Assistants

• Project added 8500 outputs, making 14,000 total available in PURE.

• Initial support available until end of December• But project extended for 2014

Open Access Project –so far

Publication Assistants have:

• Checked PURE record for documents

• Checked uploaded documents for suitability

• Sourced and uploaded additional documents where available

• Established which documents, and versions, are required; which documents are not required at this stage and why

Open Access items in PURE

Total Outputs (6077)

Open Access

%

School of Molecular, Genetic & Population Health Sciences

6495 1764 27%

RCUK expectations of compliance:

5 year transition period

2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

45%(Gold or Green)

53%------------

60%------------

67%---------->

75% (Gold)

Open Access - Benefits

• Wider access: Edinburgh Research Explorer allows free, worldwide access to research papers

• Impact: Studies show that citation counts increase for papers deposited in open access repositories 

Journal Hosting Servicehttp://journals.ed.ac.uk

Help & Support

• Contact us:• OpenAccess@ed.ac.uk• Telephone – 0131 651 3850

• www.ed.ac.uk/is/open-access-research