Open Access
The Wellcome Trust’s open access policy: monographs and book chapters
We are committed to ensuring that (2) requires electronic copies of monographs the published outputs of Wellcome and book chapters to be made available Trust-funded research are made freely through PMC Bookshelf and Europe available, so that this knowledge can PMC as soon as possible, and in any event be built on by the widest possible within six months of publication audience in a manner that maximises health and public benefit, and fosters (3) The Wellcome Trust will make funds a richer research culture. available for the payment of publisher’s open access monograph processing The Wellcome Trust’s open access policy charges. Your grant will be supplemented, applies to research papers, monographs and your institution will be reimbursed and book chapters. This leaflet provides by the Trust. Funding is also provided information for researchers making their where a research grant has ended. Contact monograph or book chapter open access. [email protected] regarding Specifically, the policy: reimbursement of these costs
(1) applies to all original scholarly (4) Where a publishing fee is levied, monographs and book chapters such works must be available without authored or co-authored by Trust embargo and be licensed in ways which grantholders as part of their grant- support their reuse. Although the funded research. The policy does Creative Commons, Attribution licence not apply to textbooks, ‘trade’ books, (CC-BY) is strongly preferred, we will general reference works or works of accept non-commercial and/or no- fiction, or to collections edited but derivatives licences (i.e. CC-BY-NC, not authored by Trust grantholders or CC-BY-NC-ND) Open Access
How to comply
(1) Check that the Wellcome Trust policy • Deposit your monograph or book chapter applies to the monograph or book chapter in PMC Bookshelf immediately upon you plan to publish. publication using this form: https:// oadeposit.wellcome.ac.uk/oa/ (2) Check that the publisher you wish to publish with has a publishing policy • Understand that an html and PDF version compliant with the Wellcome Trust of your work will be freely available Grant Conditions. (4) If the publisher does not offer a Check your preferred publisher’s website paid open access option, ensure that for their open access policy. If the publisher they allow you to self-archive the does not yet have an open access policy for peer-reviewed author manuscript monographs we encourage you to speak in PMC Bookshelf and make it to their editorial staff as many publishers freely available within six months are open to being approached by Wellcome of publication. Trust grantholders to discuss their open access options. Alternatively, please email (5) If you choose the paid open access [email protected] and we will option inform the publisher. work with you and the publisher to see if it is Otherwise self-archive your manuscript possible to publish your work open access. at: https://oadeposit.wellcome.ac.uk/oa/
(3) If the publisher has an open access option for For more details about this policy, which a fee must be paid, ensure that they: its implementation and a useful FAQ visit wellcome.ac.uk/openaccess. • Offer an open licence, preferably Creative Alternatively, please email Commons, Attribution licence (CC-BY) [email protected] with queries.
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