Open access central funds in UK universities
This paper reports on the extent to which higher education institutions in the UK have set up central funds and similar institutionally co-ordinated approaches to the payment of open access article-processing charges. It presents data demonstrating that central funds have only been set up by a minor...
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| description | This paper reports on the extent to which higher education institutions in the UK have set up central funds and similar institutionally co-ordinated approaches to the payment of open access article-processing charges. It presents data demonstrating that central funds have only been set up by a minority of institutions and that the number of institutions has not changed significantly between
2009 and 2011. It then explores the barriers to the establishment of such funds and discusses recent developments that might lower these barriers. Finally, it provides a case study of the development of the central fund at the University of Nottingham in the UK and considers the sustainability of such an approach. |
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| spelling | nottingham-16252020-05-04T20:21:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1625/ Open access central funds in UK universities Pinfield, Stephen Middleton, Christine This paper reports on the extent to which higher education institutions in the UK have set up central funds and similar institutionally co-ordinated approaches to the payment of open access article-processing charges. It presents data demonstrating that central funds have only been set up by a minority of institutions and that the number of institutions has not changed significantly between 2009 and 2011. It then explores the barriers to the establishment of such funds and discusses recent developments that might lower these barriers. Finally, it provides a case study of the development of the central fund at the University of Nottingham in the UK and considers the sustainability of such an approach. ALPSP 2012-04 Article NonPeerReviewed Pinfield, Stephen and Middleton, Christine (2012) Open access central funds in UK universities. Learned Publishing, 25 (2). pp. 107-117. ISSN 1741-4857 http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/ResearchPublications/LearnedPublishing.aspx doi:10.1087/20120205 doi:10.1087/20120205 |
| spellingShingle | Pinfield, Stephen Middleton, Christine Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title | Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title_full | Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title_fullStr | Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title_short | Open access central funds in UK universities |
| title_sort | open access central funds in uk universities |
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