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Dear Colleagues<br>
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It has recently come to light that several of the Open Access
journals in which the Department's research tends to get published
are not now considered to satisfy the RCUK requirements for full
Gold Open Access. This means that you will not be able to get
publication charges for research articles submitted to such journals
paid for by the University (from the account set up with RCUK money
for this express purpose). If you submit articles to these journals
you will have to find the money yourself if you want Gold Open
Access. Examples of the journals which are not compliant are Optics
Express, and New Journal of Physics, so this will be an issue for
some people. <br>
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I asked for a list of RCUK compliant journals, but apparently the
list changes too rapidly to be of use. If you want to check whether
a journal that you are considering currently satisfies the RCUK
requirements I have copied below a paragraph from the Information
Services Directorate on how to do this.<br>
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Regards<br>
John<br>
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your request for a list of compliant journals: There is good
news and bad news. The bad news is that such a list would
be ineffective. It would quickly become obsolete such is
the speed with which publishers are altering their OA
deposit and licence terms in light of the RCUK mandate. But
the good news is that JISC (with support from RCUK/Wellcome
Trust) provide an up-to-date data service with access to the
policies of almost all ISSN registered publications. It
also provides decision support on whether publishing in a
particular journal will fulfil the RCUK mandate. These
services are
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/">SHERPA FACT</a>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/">http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/</a> use this to check compliancy
with RCUK) and
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/">SHERPA ROMEO</a>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/">http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/</a> use this to check publisher
copyright and deposit policies). Alternatively, simply
email
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:openaccesspublications@strath.ac.uk">openaccesspublications@strath.ac.uk</a>
if you are considering publishing in a specific journal and
we can check the compliancy implications on your behalf.
Guidance on procedures for Article Publication Charges is
available at the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/openaccessservices/">Open
Access Services</a>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/openaccessservices/">http://www.strath.ac.uk/library/usingthelibrary/openaccessservices/</a>)
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