Name: | Department of Health UK (2007-2014) |
Type: | Funder |
Institution/funder website: | http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Open Access policy: | Requirement |
Policy link: | http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm |
Effective date from: | 2007-04-01 |
Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "Should a researcher informs the DH or the NIHR of their wish to publish a paper in a journal that is unwilling to agree either to the overarching aims of this policy, or to deposition in Europe PMC within six months, the DH or NIHR may in exceptional and merited circumstance grant permission for the author to submit the paper for publication in such a journal." |
Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
What must be deposited?: | Articles, Conference papers |
Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft, Publisher's version of record |
When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | As soon as possible |
Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
Copyright reservation (funders): | Any publishing or copyright agreements concerning articles have to comply with the OA policy |
Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...4. The DH and the NIHR strongly encourage authors to publish in journals that allow them (or their institutions) to retain ownership of the copyright. 5. If author/institution-ownership of copyright is not permitted by the publisher, authors should publish in journals that permit deposition of; the published paper in UKPMC within six months of publication..." |
Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
Name of specified archive: | UK PubMed Central |
URL of specified archive: | http://ukpmc.ac.uk/ |
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