Researcher Support

Publishing open access makes your work immediately and permanently available online for everyone, worldwide.  The main focus of the open access movement is scholarly journal articles and papers.

There are different terms used when discussing Open Access:

Open Access Journals
Journals that publish some of all of their article on an open access basis. You do not need to pay to read this content, but you may need to pay author fees.

Paid Open Access
For an additional fee, some publishers will make an article open access. Details of this arrangement can vary from publisher to publisher.

Mandated Open Access
When a research funding organization makes it a condition of a grant that the research paper be placed on a repository for open access. If this is the case, the author should communicate this to the publisher before they submit the article to be published.

Gold Open Access
Refers to the final published version being freely and permanently open-access, immediately after publication, usually with a Creative Commons license.

Green Open Access
Refers to the authors' manuscript version (submitted or accepted) being placed on a repository where it is freely accessible. This is the type of open access offered at AUS via our DSpace@AUS repository.

Embargo periods
Some publishers enforce an embargo period before you can make your work available on an Institutional Repository. When we add your paper to DSpace@AUS, we can input the embargo date, and the paper will only become available on that date.

Approaches to Open Access varies by publisher.  For example, journal articles can be shared or reused according to the terms of the Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by the authors.  Find out more with the links below.

SHERPA/RoMEO

Look up publisher copyright & self-archiving policies.

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

How Can I Share It

Find relevant information and practical tools to ensure your articles can be shared with your colleagues quickly and easily.

http://www.howcanishareit.com/

Elsevier

Sharing and promoting your article
Author Services

Springer

Self-archiving policy
Publish Open Access with Springer

Wiley

Article Sharing Policy
Open Access Options with Wiley

Taylor & Francis

Sharing your work
Publishing your research open access

IEEE

IEEE Article Sharing and Posting Policies
IEEE Open Access