Guidance on the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Open Access (OA) policy for the “post-2014” Research Excellence Framework (REF)

"This Green OA policy applies to all researchers based at a U.K. HEI (higher education institution). It

states that they should deposit the Accepted Manuscript (AM) version of articles and conference

proceedings in an institutional or subject repository within three months of acceptance for

publication. Authors can make a 'closed' deposit, whereby the full text is not immediately

available, but information about it is still discoverable. The full text must be made freely available

for anyone to read within either 12 months (Science and Technology [S&T]) or 24 months (Social

Sciences, Arts and Humanities [SSAH]) of publication of the final article / Version of Record.

Taylor & Francis-published journals have embargo periods of 12 months for S&T and 18 months

for SSAH. However, for society titles, we are introducing ‘society choice’ around embargo

periods. For more details, please see this comprehensive list."

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