New Publications Policy makes rights retention a must | Library | University of Leeds
peter.suber's bookmarks 2023-01-06
Summary:
"A new publications policy takes effect from 1 January 2023.
A major update to the University’s Publications Policy will help authors to follow good open research practices. The policy also supports authors to retain intellectual property rights in their work.
Until recently, open research practices have focused on making journal articles openly accessible. Now open access is seen as one part of the wider open research movement, which considers a broader range of research outputs. One key aim is to make more outputs immediately available so that everyone can benefit from access to the most recent research....
The updated Publications Policy features three new author requirements:
- Authors must identify all contributors in all roles in all research outputs. This aligns with research culture initiatives to make sure all contributions are valued and recognised.
- Authors must include a Data Access Statement in all research outputs, even when there are no data associated with the publication or the data are inaccessible. The statement says where the associated research materials are available and how they can be accessed. This enables compliance with the UKRI open access policy.
- Authors must retain the necessary rights to make the accepted manuscripts of research articles publicly available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This includes reviews and conference papers...."