Read and Publish: More Help
What if my APC is not funded by a Read and Publish deal?
If the journal you want to publish with is not covered by our Read & Publish deals, you can check with your departmental Directors of Research to see whether School funding is available.
Neither the Library nor the Research Office has a central fund for APCs outside these deals. Please contact the Research Engagement Librarian if you have any questions about this.
If your research funder or the REF requires OA publishing
OA publishing doesn't necessarily mean Gold OA and APCs. Most research funders allow the Green route, which is when you deposit the Author's Accepted Manuscript in the university repository. Always double-check the terms of your research grant if you are worried about this, and use the Contacts section below if you need to discuss it.
Policies that explicitly allow Green OA as an alternative to Gold include:
- REF 2029
- UKRI research funding (covering the seven subject Research Councils, Innovate UK and Research England)
- Wellcome research funding
- BCU's own Open Access By Default policy
Different policies might have different rules around timing and embargo periods, so do check that. They may also specify which repository has to be used. For example, Wellcome-funded research has to be available via Europe PubMed Central.
Contacts
Library Research Support
Looking for more information to support your research at BCU and beyond? Check Guidance for Researchers or contact the Research Engagement Librarian, Guojin Liu.
Technical Questions about the Deals
If you have a question about how the deals work, or whether your article is eligible, please check the individual deal pages or email the Content & Open Research Team.
Article Licensing
Publishing Gold open access usually requires some variation of the Creative Commons licence. You can find a guide to this here. If you have any further questions, please contact the Digital Library.
BCU Open Access Repository
This guide is about publishing Gold Open Access. However, there is also the Green route, which is when you place the Author's Accepted Manuscript in the BCU Open Access Repository. This might be required by your research funder or by the BCU Open Access Policy. If you have further questions about the repository, please contact the Open Access mailbox.
Open Access Resources
Looking for Open Access resources you can use for for learning, teaching and research? Check the Open Access Resources guide.