Open Access: unlock your research
When access to research is restricted to subscription-holders, behind paywalls, or by licenses preventing use for further research, i.e. text mining and data analysis, that work cannot achieve its maximum or timely readership and impact. Open Access research is free to read, download and use for any lawful purpose.
Will Open Access affect my citation count?
Research has shown that Open Access journal articles gain from an uplift in citations. The impetus of citation counts on success varies by discipline and, as mentioned in the introduction to this section, citations alone do not represent quality. However, research that is made freely available online has a larger global reach and potential readership.
There are various different routes to choose to make published research Open Access legally and responsibly. Two of the most widely used offer:
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The Green Route The author keeps a copy of their author accepted manuscript (AAM) The AAM is the article version that includes any changes made after peer review, but before the publisher's typesetting and copyright statements are added. The author deposits their AAM into their institutional repository at their earliest opportunity. UDORA is the institutional repository at Derby. An embargo is usually set by the publisher, which is accommodated for by the institutional repository. Advice and information on Green Open Access and UDORA is available from Holly Limbert, Repository and Open Access Librarian. |
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The Gold Route The publisher charges the author, or their institution, an Article Processing Charge (APC) when the article is accepted for publication. The APC can be anywhere from £500 - £4000. If you are publishing with ACM, BMJ, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, or Wiley and are the corresponding author on the paper, the APC could be covered, either entirely or in part, under a read and publish agreement with the Library. See the Gold Open Access section of the Open Access guide for more information. Publishers will usually put a Creative Commons Attribution License on the article, which makes clear to the reader how the article can be re-used and shared. Once the article is published it is freely available on the publisher's website. The author can upload their final published article to their institutional repository. Advice and information on Gold Open Access, APCs and Creative Commons Licenses is available from Holly Limbert, Repository and Open Access Librarian.
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