Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research 
 
Open Access support services at Oxford  
Juliet Ralph, Open Access Subject Librarian  
 
 
Open access  
What is a 
repository?  
Do I need to 
go Gold for 
REF? 
What is AAM / 
date of 
acceptance? 
What happens 
after deposit? 
Funder policies 
Embargo, licence, help!    Who can pay my APC? 
What if I’m not 
funded? 
Predatory 
journals 
/ 
http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk 
 Website, Email, Live Help 
Researcher Decision Tree – ‘Green’ or ‘Gold’?   
How to meet the UK Research Councils’ requirements on Open Access  
GREEN OA 
PERMITTED BY 
PUBLISHER? 
GREEN OA - ORA AND/OR 
SUBJECT REPOSITORY 
PUBLISHER 
OFFERS GOLD 
OPTION? 
PUBLISHER 
OFFERS CC-BY 
LICENCE? 
APC FUNDS 
AVAILABLE? 
CHOOSE JOURNAL 
IMMEDIATE GOLD OA + 
PRESERVATION COPY IN ORA 
ORA COPY FOR 
PRESERVATION – ID/OA* 
 
Y 
PUBLISHER 
EMBARGO 
COMPLIES WITH 
FUNDER POLICY? 
ACCEPT GREEN EMBARGO 
WHERE PERMITTED 
AND/OR 
COPY IN ORA FOR 
PRESERVATION – ID/OA 
 
Need help? 
E:  open-access-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk;   
W: http://open-access.ox.ac.uk  
Twitter: @oaoxford  
* Immediate Deposit/Optional Access 
ORA – COPY FOR 
PRESERVATION – ID/OA* 
 
Y 
Y 
N 
N N 
Y 
Y 
N 
N 
• Include costs in grant application 
• E.g. H2020, DFID, NIHR/DH, Leverhulme Trust 
• post grant FP7 pilot Spring 2015 
• Oxford block grants 
• RCUK (no longer include in research grant) 
• Oxford’s Block Grant £1.4 million for 2015-16 
• Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)  
• Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer Campaign, British Heart 
Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, 
Wellcome Trust  
• Pay and get reimbursed  
• No central University fund 
 
Funding for APCs 
Do I need to pay? 
•Check JOURNAL policy on Sherpa Romeo  
•Check FUNDER policy on Sherpa Juliet 
•Combine them with 
www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/  
 
 
 
If in doubt, email us for help 
open-access-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 
Sherpa FACT example 
Sherpa ROMEO example 
Checking OA credentials 
• Directory of Open Access Journals   
• 10,300 fully OA Journals (excludes  
hybrids) www.doaj.org/  
• Directory of Open Access Books 
• 2,800 titles www.doabooks.org/  
• Predatory journals 
• Beall’s list http://scholarlyoa.com/  
• Possible criteria to use in assessing journals: 
•www.openaccess.manchester.ac.uk/checkjourn
al/predatoryjournals/ 
 
 
 
 
Help  
Helpline: open-access-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 
 
Other contacts 
Subject Librarians: 
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/subjects-and-
libraries/subjects/librarians   
APC team: apc@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 
Symplectic Elements: symplectic@admin.ox.ac.uk  
 
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