University Library: Open Access: Open Access mandates & policies

Open Access mandates around the world

SHERPA/JULIET
A free database, developed by Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and Jisc, providing information on research funders' open access policies
NHMRC Open Access Policy
Mandates the open access sharing of NHMRC funded research, including publications and data.
Australian Research Council (ARC) Open Access Policy
The Open Access Policy applies to all research outputs arising from ARC funded research.
Australian Academy of Science - Open Access
Position paper on Open Access publishing
ROARMAP
The Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.

SHERPA/JULIET
A free database, developed by Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and Jisc, providing information on research funders' open access policies
Plan S - Open Access initiative
Plan S mandates that from 2021, all scholarly publications backed by signatory funders should be made immediately available via an Open Access medium.
Wellcome Trust (UK) - Open Access policy
Science Europe - Open Access
European Research Council - Open Access rules
UK Research and Innovation - Open Access policy
ROARMAP
The Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.

In August 2022 the Biden administration mandated immediate open access to federally funded research after it is published, to be fully implemented by 2026.

SHERPA/JULIET
A free database, developed by Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and Jisc, providing information on research funders' open access policies
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Public Access Policy (US)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Open Access Policy (US)
Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (Canada)
OA policy for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
ROARMAP
The Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.

To help choose a journal to publish in, it is worth reviewing the publisher’s policies regarding author rights for archiving in an institutional or subject repository.

SHERPA/ROMEO provides a searchable database of journals and publishers' policies on OA and self-archiving and can help find more information. For Australian journals and publishers OAKList offers similar information.

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