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Open Access & Institutional Repository: Introduction

Open Access (OA) means freely available to read (and reuse) by anyone with internet access​. Making your journal articles available open access ensures that your work reaches the widest possible audience, and that it can be used and shared easily.

There are 2 routes to open access:

  • Publisher open access: the article is openly available on the journal webpage, with no paywalls or subscription barriers.
  • Repository open access: a version of the article is self-archived in an institutional repository, or a subject repository (eg Europe PMC).

We do not have a central institutional fund for open access payments; the University of Southampton supports open access via self-archiving your Accepted Manuscript in Pure (click on the 'upload manuscript' button) and no-cost-to-the-author publisher memberships and agreements.​ You will fulfil the University of Southampton Open Access Policy by uploading the final, refereed, corrected, Accepted Manuscripts of all peer-reviewed journal articles and peer-reviewed conference articles to Pure at the point of acceptance for publication.

We do hold open access block grants for research acknowledging UKRI, Wellcome Trust or Cancer Research UK. These can be used for articles submitted to fully open access journals.​ Find out more, including how to apply, at https://library.soton.ac.uk/openaccess/howto

Upload your Accepted Manuscript to Pure

 

Funded by UKRI? Planning to produce a monograph, book chapter or edited collection?

Join the Library Open Research Team at a Townhall event for a refresh on the upcoming changes in the UKRI Open Access policy for in scope long form outputs, and to go through the new University processes for achieving this goal.

Online 6th December

Please see our Sussed post for more details 

 

Check your journal

Use our journal search tool to check if you can publish open access in your chosen journal without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC). https://search.scifree.se/soton

These publisher open access agreements are open to University of Southampton corresponding authors (visitors are not included)

  • Your University of Southampton affiliation must be stated in the published article
  • Use your soton.ac.uk email address
  • Search using the full journal title 
  • Please contact us if you have any questions: eprints@soton.ac.uk

 

We are proud to be the first UK institution to partner with SciFree, enabling you to check if a specific journal is included in a publisher agreement that offers open access publishing at no cost to the author.

Invitation to participate in short ‘Open Access Publishing with UKRI’ survey: extended to December 2023

Are you a UKRI funded author interested in sharing your insights and experiences related to open access publishing?

The Open Research and Publication Practice Team in the Library invites you to participate in an online survey to explore your awareness of the Open Access Policy, your personal publishing journey, and your interactions with the library services. 

This study aims to gain a better understanding of the experiences of UKRI funded researchers in relation to open access publishing. Your valuable input will contribute to enhancing the support and services provided by the University Library.  

Participating in the survey will only take about 5-10 minutes of your time.  

If you would like more details, please contact eprints@soton.ac.uk. 

This study has received ethics approval under reference ERGO 81687. 

Contact Us

For help or advice with any Open Access or institutional repository (ePrints Soton) query:

email eprints@soton.ac.uk