Open access policy news

APCs in transformative hybrid journals no longer eligible costs for UKRI block grant (posted October 2024)

UKRI have confirmed that after 31st December 2024, APCs for Jisc-approved transformative hybrid journals will no longer be paid from the UKRI open access block grant. If you are publishing in a hybrid journal that is not eligible for gold open access under a transitional agreement, please comply with the UKRI open access mandate by making your author accepted manuscript available via a repository with a CC BY licence using the institutional Research Publications and Copyright Policy.

Update on the REF2029 open access policy (posted September 2024)

It has now been confirmed that there will be no open access requirement for monographs, edited collections and book chapters for REF2029. The full policy for journal articles and conference proceedings papers is expected to be announced in autumn or winter 2024, and will be implemented no earlier than 1st January 2026.

In the mean time, please continue to follow the old REF open access policy by depositing the author accepted manuscript of your research articles into White Rose Research Online via myPublications within 3 months of acceptance.

UKRI open access requirement for monographs (posted October 2023)

Monographs, book chapters and edited collections published on or after 1st January 2024 will come in scope of the UKRI open access policy for the first time, and will need to be made open access under a creative commons licence no more than 12 months after publication. More information can be found on our UKRI open access policy guidance page. 

UKRI announces new open access policy (posted November 2021)

UKRI have announced the details of their new open access policy, which will come into effect for journal articles submitted on or after 1 April 2022, and for monographs, book chapters and edited collections published on or after 1 January 2024.

We have produced some guidance for UKRI funded researchers affected by the policy change. If you have any questions, please contact OAEnquiries@sheffield.ac.uk