RCUK Policy on Open Access to Research: Guidance for LSE authors - Research Support - Services and Facilities - Library Home - Home

Use the link to access the full text document from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).  An excerpt reads as follows: "3. LSE implementation of RCUK Policy ...  Guiding principle...  The School’s guiding principle in developing procedures to respond to and implement the RCUK Policy is that the first priority for LSE researchers when disseminating their work remains to ensure quality and impact. The School will continue to expect researchers to publish in the highest quality journals and select dissemination channels to maximize academic impact and it will provide the necessary financial support to ensure this happens. At the same time it recognizes the obligations of recipients of RCUK grants to comply with its Open Access policy and encourages them to do so where this is consistent with the School’s requirements on journal quality and impact ... LSE Policy ...  LSE encourages authors to comply with the RCUK Policy by choosing the Green route wherever possible, depositing copies of research papers in LSE Research Online. Additionally, LSE will create an Institutional Publication Fund which will allow eligible RCUK funded researchers to apply for funds to pay APCs for Gold Open Access publication where this is identified as the most effective dissemination route and/or where a Green option is not available or compliant with the RCUK policy ... LSE Institutional Publication Fund ...  The Publication Fund will be managed by Library Services in consultation with the Director of the Research Division and the Pro-Director (Research). It will be available to all RCUK grant holders for publications which meet the following criteria: [1] Peer-reviewed article or proceedings paper [2] Publication arises wholly or in part from RCUK funded research [3] Journal complies with RCUK Policy on Open Access [4] Journal does not allow RCUK compliant Green deposit or there is a compelling case for choosing Gold Open Access [5] Corresponding author or grant holder is a current member of LSE [6] Author or grant holder has deposited a copy of the accepted paper in LSE Research Online Application procedures for the Fund are being developed and this page will be updated accordingly. If you would like to apply to the fund in the meantime, please contact the Research Support Services Team: lseresearchonline@lse.ac.uk ..."