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Open Access
Library Research Support Team
Singleton Park Library
Swansea University
Swansea
United Kingdom
SA2 8PP
The open access policy stipulates that all publications arising from UKRI funded research must either be available as immediate open access (gold route) or a copy of the author's accepted manuscript must be placed in the repository, Cronfa with an acceptable embargo period and licence (green route).
Gold Route - (immediate open access):
Where an APC is paid, it is a requirement that the licence applied is CC-BY.
Green Route - (deposit of the final accepted manuscript in a repository, usually with an embargo):
The UKRI (RCUK) preference is for CC-BY, however, the formal requirement is that the licence places no restriction on non-commercial reuse, including non-commercial text-and data-mining. The licence should also allow for the sharing of adaptations of the material. This means a CC-BY-NC licence, or equivalent is acceptable.
A CC-BY-NC-ND licence is not compliant.
Open Government Licence (OGL) - Crown Body employees.
The Library has signed up to several deals with publishers that discount the cost of Gold Open Access. Authors should also note that some learned societies and publishers also offer discounts to individual members.
An Open Access publisher across all disciplines
In the MDPI submission system, authors must select Swansea University to get a 10% discount. You will be asked to confirm if you are eligible for UKRI (RCUK) funding. If you are not eligible you will still receive the discount but will need to pay the APC from your own budget or grant. For UKRI financial support apply in the first instance using the Swansea University gold APC online form.
Eligible Open Choice subscription based titles can be published for free via the UK Springer Open Access Agreement. Click on the page link to check the list of Open Choice eligible subscription-based journals covered by the UK open access agreement
Application Checklist
The corresponding author may apply using the Springer portal (My Publication) which will initiate an approval process between the university and the publisher. This is applicable for these article types: original paper, review paper, brief communication or continuing education.
1. Corresponding authors should select the eligible institutional name.
2. Corresponding authors should use their Swansea University email address.
3. Try to submit from the institution's network (IP range).
There is no need to complete a request via the Swansea University UKRI APC online form.
Institutional members may request access to the discounted pre-payment scheme for UKRI (RCUK) funded papers.
In the first instance, upon acceptance for publication, apply for financial support using the Swansea University UKRI gold APC online form.
If approved, you may initiate the Wiley open access order via the OnlineOpen mechanism.
The Wiley pre-pay account is not suitable for authors accessing College funding.
Detailed Wiley author guidance here.
We are not yet able to take advantage of the March 2020 JISC Open Access Agreement for Institutions. We will update this site when we have further information.
The university does not maintain a centrally administered APC fund, however some Colleges have limited budgets for supporting REF eligible publications for their academic research staff.
For a list of applicable criteria and an application form please contact the appropriate person in your College.
