| Name: | The World Bank |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.worldbank.org |
| Country: | International |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16200740/world-bank-open-access-policy-formal-publications |
| Effective date from: | 2012-07-01 |
| 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): | "...An exception to the Open Access Policy may be requested from the Publications Committee, but only when required by the external publisher and after other options have been explored. Such an exception applies to external access only and does not negate the requirement for manuscripts to be deposited in the Open Knowledge Repository upon acceptance for publication, which will ensure that they can be accessed by staff..." |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Conference papers, Data, Projects reports, Books, Book Chapters |
| 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 acceptance |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | More than 12 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Retain copyright whenever is possible |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...Expects authors to maximize the opportunities to make their content available for free and unrestricted use and strongly encourages authors, when they are publishing through an external publisher, to retain the Bank’s ownership of the copyright..." |
| Where to archive?: | Institutional repository |
| Name of specified archive: | Open Knowledge Repository |
| URL of specified archive: | https://openknowledge.worldbank.org |
