| Name: | Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.mssociety.org.uk |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.mssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/MS%20Society%20Policy%20for%20Publishing%20Research.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2013-01-31 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit; case-based waiver on immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...In the event that authors decide to publish in a journal that is not compliant with MS Society’s open access policy, authors should notify the MS Society of this when a manuscript is submitted, providing justification for the decision..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | No |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| 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?: | At time of publication |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Grantees retain the non-exclusive rights of explotation to allow self-archiving |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...In order to self-archive authors must ensure certain rights are reserved in any agreement with the publisher. Specifically, authors will need the right to deposit peer-reviewed manuscripts in Europe PMC immediately upon its acceptance for publication and to make it publicly available within 6 months after publication..." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | Europe PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://europepmc.org |
