New Open Access policy - Library Research Support - LibGuides at Sheffield Hallam University

"From the 15th of October 2022, you will be able to retain key rights over your peer-reviewed manuscript, rather than signing them away to your publisher.

This is achieved with one (1) simple action: including a Rights Retention Statement in the funding acknowledgement section and cover letter of all submissions of your (co-)authored papers to journals or conference proceedings:

“For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.”

Including this Statement will allow you to retain key rights over your peer-reviewed manuscript, rather than signing them away to your publisher. In particular, you will retain the right to disseminate your peer-reviewed manuscript by depositing it in a repository and providing open access from the day of first online publication under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. ..."