The university does not maintain a centrally administered APC fund, however some Faculties or departments have limited budgets for supporting publications. Swansea University has a preference for using the green route to open access.
For a list of applicable criteria and an application form please contact the appropriate person in your Faculty/department.
Who is eligible to apply for financial support? One open access payment per researcher (budget permitting August - July 2022).
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What does it cover? Original peer-reviewed research and review articles, rapid communications, brief reports, case reports, conference papers and proceedings with an ISSN or publishing platform and Open Access book chapters. Other charges associated with publication, including page or colour charges and non-open access publication charges and fees are not permitted. |
How do I apply? Complete the online open access application form when your output is accepted for publication. |
What supporting evidence do I need to provide when completing the online form? 1. Written approval to proceed by the Head of Department (PDF or Word attachment). 2. A copy of the acceptance email (PDF or Word attachment). |
Select the licence that will maximise opportunities for sharing and reuse. https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/Open access research articles should normally be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence (default). Use of the more restrictive Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) licence or the Attribution Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) licence should be avoided unless agreed with your HoD. |
Data Access Statement Concordat on Open Research Data You must include an data access statement, even where there are no data associated with the output or the data are inaccessible. Further information is available from the research data support guide. |
How will I know if my open access payment is proceeding? Your application will be checked by the Library Research Support team. If the team need further information, they will contact you using openaccess@swansea.ac.uk We prefer to pay by credit card via invoice or secure payment link. Please include with your application. You will be informed when the open access payment is complete. |
What are my obligations as author?
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