Policy on Open Access | Cancer Research UK

"We believe that to maximise the impact of the research we fund, published research should be available in an open and unrestricted way. This facilitates rapid sharing of knowledge and promotes innovation, ultimately ensuring that patients can access better treatments sooner.

This policy sets out Cancer Research UK's position on open access publications and how researchers and Host Institutions that receive CRUK funding are expected to provide open and unrestricted access to published research.

In all cases, CRUK encourages its researchers to select publishing routes that ensure their research is openly available immediately on publication. These publishing routes should be sought wherever such options exist for their journal of choice that are compliant with the requirements set out below...."