Submitting a paper for publication
- 1. Submitting a Paper for Publication
- 2. Submitting via the Gold (paid) Open Access Route • Article Processing Charges (APC) – Submitting a paper to a publisher via the Gold Open Access may require the author to pay the publisher a fee called ‘Article Processing Charge’ (APC) – This is mainly to cover the cost of making the paper Open Access to everyone in perpetuity without any restrictions on its re-use, including commercial re-use
- 3. Submitting via the Gold (paid) Open Access Route • Article Processing Charges (APC) – APC may or may not cover any other charges; researchers need to check their funders’ instructions with regards to paying for • page charges • illustrations/tables • English editing surcharges, etc.
- 4. Submitting via the Gold (paid) Open Access Route • Article Processing Charges (APC) – The cost of APC varies from publisher to publisher and journal to journal; researchers need to check journal information pages for the exact amount – RCUK has estimated the average cost of APC at £1700 in 2012, ranging from couple of hundreds of pounds to couple of thousands of pounds depending on the journal
- 5. Submitting via the Gold (paid) Open Access Route • Article Processing Charges (APC) – From 1 April 2013, APC is not going to be included in grants researchers receive from their funders but will be • centrally held by institutions • allocated by departments • administered by libraries
- 6. Submitting via the Gold (paid) Open Access Route • Article Processing Charges (APC) – These bodies need to be informed if a paper is going to be submitted via the Gold OA route • The researcher’s department, so that the department can make a decision on whether there are sufficient funds to allocate for the APC • The Library, so that a provisional fund can be allocated pending the acceptance of the paper
- 7. Submitting via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) Open Access Route • Where and how to archive – Submitting a paper to a publisher via the Green Open Access route requires archiving of the paper after its publication – There may be an embargo period following publication after which period the paper needs to be deposited in an institutional or subject repository without any restrictions on its non-commercial re-use –O –;
- 8. Submitting via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) Open Access Route • Where and how to archive – The institutional repository in QM is QMRO; it is managed by the QM Library – Some subject repositories are • arXiv – for Sciences • PubMed Central for Medicine • SSRN for Social Sciences
- 9. Submitting via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) Open Access Route • Where and how to archive – Embargo periods may vary according to funder mandates, disciplines, and publishers • Some publishers may allow immediate depositing • Otherwise, 12-24 months is the average embargo period imposed by publishers • Researchers need to check their funder mandates for clarification
- 10. Submitting via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) Open Access Route • Where and how to archive – The archiving process may vary according to funder mandates, disciplines, and publishers • The publisher may deposit a paper in a funder mandated subject repository (e.g. PubMed Central) • The author may deposit paper in an institutional or subject repository (e.g. QMRO, arXiv) • The repository manager may deposit a paper in the institutional repository (e.g. QMRO)
- 11. Submitting via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) Open Access Route • Where and how to archive – It is again important that researchers inform the Library if the Green publishing route has been chosen for the submitted paper since the institutional repository QMRO is managed by the Library – The Library can support researchers in complying with their funders’ self-archiving mandates by advising them about licences and embargo periods in preparation for the paper being accepted and deposited –F
- 12. From closed…
- 13. …to Open Access
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