Statement on Open Access to Research Publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-28
Summary:
" ... From 01 March 2015, authors of research papers generated from research either fully or
partially funded by NRF, when submitting and publishing in academic journals, should
deposit their final peer-reviewed manuscripts that have been accepted by the journals, to the
administering Institution Repository with an embargo period of no more than 12 months.
Earlier Open Access may be provided should this be allowed by the publisher. If the paper is
published in an Open Access journal or the publisher allows the deposit of the published
version in PDF format, such version should be deposited into the administering Institutional
Repository and Open Access should be provided as soon as possible ..."