Wellcome Trust announces new Open Access policy
Following an 8 month review the Wellcome Trust announced its latest Open access policy on 5 November.
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Some key changes
Deposit into PubMed Central (PMC) and Europe PMC
- Articles must be made freely available by the official final online publication date instead of within 6 months of the final publication date
Article processing charges (APCs)
- OA publication in subscription journals (hybrid) will no longer be compliant unless associated with Jisc Collections transformative OA agreements
- Journals chosen must be indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Only journals and platforms that follow criteria that cOAlition S may set out in future for OA journals and platforms will be compliant
Pre-prints
- Authors are encouraged to post pre-peer review pre-prints under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This is mandated during public health crises
Research assessment
Wellcome-funded research organisations must publicly commit to a statement of intrinsic merit of the research, such as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment or the Leiden Manifesto.
St Andrews researchers funded by Wellcome or any members of the Charities Open Access Fund can contact the Library if they have any questions or need help and support to make their work Open Access [email protected].