Open access
Following the Finch Review on Open Access (OA) that in summer 2012 recommended the gold version of OA, the SLSA Executive Committee has been monitoring the situation and responding as appropriate.
In January 2019, the SLSA Executive Committee set up the Open Access Working Group following recent developments, particluarly with regard to the cOAlition S initiative of European research funders. In light of the forthcoming REF 2021, the Working Group has reviewed and updated the SLSA's Guidance on Open Access. The rules on OA for REF have not changed and our revised guidance restates them with advice to members regarding the options regarding submission and publication of papers.
Below, members will find a number of links to OA resources and advice currently available.
- UK funders policies and guidance
- UK Universities: policies and guidance
- Blogs, websites and advice
- General resources
UK funders policies and guidance
UK Universities: policies and guidance
- Anglia Ruskin
- Birkbeck
- Birmingham
- Bournemouth
- Cambridge University
- Cardiff University
- De Montfort University
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Imperial College London
- Keele University
- King’s College London
- Lancaster University
- Leeds Becket
- London School of Economics
- Middlesex University
- Newcastle University
- Northumbria University
- Nottingham Trent
- Open University
- Oxford Brookes University
- Queen Mary University of London
- Queen’s University Belfast
- School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Sheffield Hallam University
- SOAS University of London
- Swansea University
- University College London
- University of Essex
- University of Exeter
- University of Kent
- University of Leeds
- University of Leicester
- University of Liverpool
- University of Nottingham
- University of Manchester
- University of Oxford
- University of Southampton
- University of Sheffield
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Surrey
- University of Sussex
- University of St Andrews
- University of Westminster
- University of Worcester
- University of York
- Warwick University
JISC
- OpenDOAR: enables the identification, browsing and search for repositories
- SHERPA FACT: checks if compliance with funder open access policies can be achieved with a particular journal
- SHERPA REF helps authors and institutions decide whether a journal allows them to comply with the OA REF policy
- SHERPA Romeo: enables researchers and librarians to see publishers’ conditions for open access archiving on a journal-by-journal basis
Blogs, websites and advice
- Australasian Open Access Strategy Group Blog
- British Library Science Team: Open Access Blog
- Cardiff University Open Access Blog
- De Gruyter Open Access Blog
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): News, updates and developments
- Jisc Scholarly Communications: OA Digest
- LSE Impact Blog: Open Access
- Official PLOS Blog
- Open Access and Digital Scholarship Blog, Imperial College London
- Open Access Blog, Edinburgh Napier
- Open Access Directory
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Blog
- Open Access to Research Publications – 2018: Independent advice, Chair of the Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group
- Open and Shut? Richard Poynder Blog
- OpenEdition: Open Access Blog
- Queen’s University Belfast: Open Access FAQs and Blogs
- Springer Open Blog
- UA Foundation: Open Access Blog
- UCL Blogs: Open Access
- Universities UK Open Access Coordination Group
General resources