Academics and researchers: when you’ve had a paper accepted for publication, please Act on Acceptance – deposit the accepted manuscript (the final peer-reviewed version) into our repository ORA within 3 months of acceptance.
Journal articles and conference papers (in publications with an ISSN) accepted for publication from 1 April 2016 onwards must be deposited in order to be eligible for the next REF.
Please also create a record for all other publications.
Click the green button below to Deposit your Work
The green button takes you to Symplectic Elements (Single Sign-On access). All academics and researchers should have an account automatically created, but if one hasn’t been set up for you, please fill in a Symplectic new user request form. If you have problems logging on, email the Symplectic team at symplectic@admin.ox.ac.uk.
Not sure what ‘Act on Acceptance’ means? Find out more about REF 2021 open access policy.
PDF guide to deposit is available here.
A video guide to depositing can be found here: Depositing Accepted Research Outputs.mp4
Need help?
Act on acceptance: the policy.
Attend an Open Access briefing session.
Related links
Symplectic Elements (log in, get an account, FAQ & guides).
REF 2021 Open Access policy: see Overview of open access policy and guidance (Nov 2019) and REF 2021 FAQ.
Pro V-C’s message to all staff.