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Open Access to Oxford Publications

Act on Acceptance starts here

Deposit your work in ORA when it is accepted for publication.

What do I need to do?

Check funder requirements and ** CURRENT POLICY & FORM for Oxford's RCUK Block Grant **.

Open Access at Oxford

Find out more about Open Access, and read the Oxford University OA Publications Policy.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions and glossary of Open Access terminology.

Tools and Training

Links to tools, resources and training for Open Access.

ORCID at Oxford

Find out more about ORCID researcher IDs and sign up for an Oxford-linked ORCID.


Latest Blog - Open Access Oxford

Why Open Access is not the same as Public Domain

January 08, 2021
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I recently had a conversation with a university colleague which went something along the lines of “You work with Open Access content.  If an image is available for free on the internet without a copyright symbol or watermark it’s free to use, right?”  Admittedly part of my brain wanted to run away screaming from the assumptions implicit in the question, but after thinking about it a little, thought it would be more helpful to summarise it here. Open Access is defined by the Budapest Open Access Initiative as ” free availability on the public internet, permitting any use
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Latest News

New Wellcome Trust OA Policy in effect
Jan 05, 2021
Preparing for the new Wellcome Trust Open Access policy (December 2020 reminder)
Dec 03, 2020
OpenCon Oxford 2020 - 4 December 2020
Nov 20, 2020
Signing of Frontiers publisher agreement
Nov 04, 2020
Reminder: Horizon 2020 COVID-19 guidelines
Oct 29, 2020

Quick links

Deposit your Work - Act on Acceptance
REF 2021 OA policy- Oxford & next REF
Our REF FAQ - about REF 2021 OA policy
RCUK Policy - the Requirements
RCUK Block Grant - check eligibility & apply (Current Oxford policy & form)
Wellcome Trust / BHF / CRUK - check eligibility and request funds for APCs
Symplectic- Symplectic Elements at Oxford
Check funder & publisher OA requirements match - via Sherpa FACT
Check journal policy - Sherpa RoMEO
Sign up for an ORCID - ORCID at Oxford
Leaflet - Open Access at Oxford

Information & Training – ‘Open Access Oxford: what’s happening’

This practical and helpful information session runs throughout the year. Find out how Open Access affects you. Find out date of next session.View slides from last session

Open Access via ORA – the Oxford University Research Archive


ORA provides a home for Oxford's research outputs. Copyright permitting, full-text copies of your publications can be made available open access via ORA. For the green route, click on the logo & Deposit a copy of your peer-reviewed accepted manuscript. Even if you're going gold, drop a copy in ORA for long-term digital preservation.

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Open Access at the University of Oxford

Open Access at the University of Oxford is overseen by the OA Steering Group which is accountable to the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Research & Innovation Committee.

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