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Open Access Publishing

Open Access (OA) publishing is the process of making scholarly communications freely available and reusable to allow anyone to benefit from research. As a University researcher, you can make a difference by openly sharing your work.

To comply with REF policy, make sure to Deposit on Publication - the Open Access team will check copyright and licensing conditions, create a UWTSD research repository record and make the full-text available based on the requirements of your publisher.

Find out more using the guides below.
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Creative Commons Licences

Find out which Creative Commons copyright licence is most suitable for your work.

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Rights Retention

Information about how to publish in subscription journals while retaining the right to self-deposit a manuscript in an Open Access repository without an embargo.