Open Access
Below is the WRAP link for you to submit your accepted versions of journal articles, conference proceedings or other publications.
**Please note, form April 2016 HEFCE's requirement is for all accepted publications to be submitted to this Open Access repository within 3 months of acceptance date, otherwise they will not be eligible to be submitted as part of your REF submission**
Please submit your accepted version asap after it has accepted using this online form: Simple deposit form
What is an 'accepted version'?
Accepted author’s manuscript (AAM) also known as the authors version, ‘clean’ version, post-print or author’s final manuscript. The version after peer-review changes but before copy editing and formatting by the publisher.
Relevant supporting information:
- HEFCE's Open Access Policy. It's a requirement for the next REF to have your publications in Open Access: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/FAQ/
- This is the WRAP website with general information and instructions: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/research/WRAP/
- Glossary of terms: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/research/open-access/open-access-glossary/
- This is the Library's research web page which contains a wide-range of information on open access but also on other subjects such as data management and copyright: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/research/
Finding out if your chosen journal offers Open Access:
Before submitting your work to a journal, check if they support Open Access. Check out the RoMEO database of publisher policies, read the publishing contract or ask an editor from the Library.
Yvonne Budden or Lindsay Wood in the library can help you with this: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/staff/research/research-support/