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Cancer Research UK
A summary of Cancer Research UK's open access policy and their requirements for researchers who receive funding from them.
Requirements overview
| Requirement | Detail |
| Acknowledge the funder | Required |
| Data accessibility statement | Required |
| Rights retention statement | Not required |
| Specific licence |
If an APC is paid – CC BY licence required If an APC is paid – CC BY-ND by exception (contact funder) |
| Embargo limit | No embargo permitted |
| Deposit locations | EPMC |
| APC payment exclusions | None specified |
| APC payment source | Oxford CRUK block grant current status: Open for applications |
| Other notes |
PrePrints 'strongly encouraged' in EPMC indexed locations |
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Further information
What is covered by the policy
"This policy applies to all CRUK-funded researchers, Host Institutions and funded collaborators in relation to original, primary research publications that are accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal. This applies to publications that have been supported, in whole or in part, by CRUK.
The policy does not apply to book chapters, monographs, editorials, reviews or conference proceedings."
Further criteria
EPMC deposit
"An electronic copy of your paper must be made freely available in Europe PMC at the time of final publication."
Licence requirement
"The open access version of your research paper must be published with a CC-BY 4.0 licence unless we have agreed, as an exception, to allow publication under a CC BY-ND licence"
Contact CRUK press team
"Provide the CRUK Press Team with a copy of all publications and conference abstracts arising from the Grant Activities at the time of submission for publication via the online manuscript submission form on CRUK’s website or press.office@cancer.org.uk. Any manuscripts and details will be held in the strictest confidence"
Preprints encouraged
"All CRUK-funded researchers are strongly encouraged to:
- post preprints of their work en-route to publication in a peer-reviewed journal
- publish them under a CC BY licence on a platform that is indexed in Europe PMC"
Paying for Cancer Research UK journal article publication
See Applying to the block grants
(All quotations taken from Cancer Research UK policy page on 08/06/2023)
