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Author Archives: Open Access Team
Queen’s signs Open Access publishing agreement with Frontiers
The library is delighted to announce that it has formed an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Frontiers is a fully open access publisher with currently 60 journals. Under this agreement eligible Queen’s authors will have their article processing … Continue reading
International Open Access Week begins 23rd October 2017
This year’s International Open Access Week kicks off on the 23rd October with the theme “Open in order to…” The theme is an invitation to answer the question of what benefits can be realized by making scholarly outputs openly available. … Continue reading
RCUK Open Access Block Grant Extended to 2020
Research Councils UK (RCUK) have confirmed that the open access block grant will continue for the next two years. Queen’s receives an open access grant allocation from the RCUK twice a year. The funds are made available to support universities … Continue reading
Queen’s signs Open Access Membership Deal with Cogitatio Press
The Library has signed up to a membership program with the open access publisher Cogitatio Press. This deal means that the article processing charges (APCs) of all articles authored by Queen’s corresponding authors will automatically be covered by the library. … Continue reading
Restriction in the use of the RCUK Open Access Block Grant.
Due to increased demand for ‘gold’ open access and a significant reduction in the University’s RCUK open access block grant allocation, the Open Access Team has introduced a restriction on the use of the fund for the payment of Article … Continue reading
Wellcome Trust – New Publisher Requirements for Open Access publications
The Wellcome Trust has introduced new publisher requirements in response to the number of articles that are non-compliant with its open access policy. From the 1st April 2017, the Wellcome Trust/Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) that Queen’s receives to pay … Continue reading
Queen’s University Belfast Submits APC expenditure for 2016
The Library’s Open Access Team has submitted, on behalf of the University, an Article Processing Charges (APCs) expenditure report to Jisc Collections for 2016. For the past three years Jisc Collections have been working with higher education institutions to collect and openly … Continue reading
Queen’s University Belfast Submits RCUK Open Access Compliance Report 2015/16
The Library’s Open Access Team has submitted, on behalf of the University, its open access compliance report for 2015/16 to the RCUK. Queen’s is one of 108 UK research organisations to receive an annual open access block grant from the RCUK. … Continue reading
Complying with the Open Access Policy for REF
The Open Access Policy for the REF applies to papers accepted from the 1st April 2016. Researchers are required to make their journal articles and conference proceedings (with an ISSN) open access in order to be eligible for REF submission. … Continue reading
Queen’s University Belfast Submits APC expenditure for 2015
The Library’s Open Access Team has submitted, on behalf of the University, an Article Processing Charges (APCs) expenditure report to Jisc Collections for 2015. For the last two years Jisc Collections have been working with higher education institutions to collect … Continue reading