Research Publications and Copyright Policy | Information Services | Queen's University Belfast

"Traditionally, when publishing scholarly articles, staff at Queen’s University Belfast have assigned copyright to the publisher via a copyright transfer agreement. As a result, many scholarly articles are under the partial or complete ownership of publishers.  

The purpose of this policy is to: 

• Enable staff to retain ownership rights to their scholarly articles 
• Help staff make scholarly articles open access so that they are disseminated as widely as possible 
• Make it simpler for staff to meet research funder and REF (1) open access policies 
• Ensure that staff have the freedom to submit to the publication venue of their choice, and still meet research funder and REF open access policies ..."