Publications Policy |
Open Access Archiving |
 | Whether to Archive: |
* Requires deposition in Open Access archives |
| What to Archive: |
* Peer-reviewed publications, Conference papers, Project reports
* Publisher's version (Alternative) and/or Author's final version (Alternative) and/or Link to an OA full text (Required)
* PDF file (Example) |
 | When to Archive: |
* At the earliest possible opportunity
* Acceptable embargo: up to 6 months after publication
* Metadata must be deposited at the date of publication |
| | Where to Archive: |
* On the authors' own websites (Optional)
* In appropriate institutional repositories (Optional)
* In appropriate disciplinary repositories (Optional)
* In named repositories... (Required)
* R4D (Required) |
| | Archiving Conditions: |
* The Department for International Development encourages authors to retain their copyright of their publications |
Open Access Publishing |
| Whether to Publish: |
* Requires publication in Open Access publications |
| | Where to Publish: |
* in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Preferred)
* as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Alternative) |
| | Publishing Conditions: |
* Costs of open access publishing should be included in funding applications |
General |
| | General Conditions: |
* Effective for all new projects from 01-Nov-2012
* The Department for International Development encourages compliance for all earlier projects
* Applies to all projects funded totally or partly by the Department for International Development
* Policy also applies to research commissioned through a third party using DFID funds.
* In exceptional circumstances, access to DFID research outputs may be restricted.
* Open Access Publishing is preferred over Self-archiving
* Metadata to all outputs must be deposited in R4D
* and include a link to the full-text.
* For books and book chapters, a request should be made to publisher for right to make open access in part or whole
* 500 word synopsis and a table of contents of Books and book chapters to be deposited in R4D
* Open Licenses such as Creative Commons are encouraged, CC-BY preferred.
* Open Access and Data Management Plan to be included in Project Design.
* Open access activity is to be reported during project cycle.
* Set statement to accompany all research outputs.
* Embargo period may be extended on agreement with DFID, for publication in arts, humanities and social sciences.
* Non-peer-review journal output, should be deposited as soon as possible.
* A synopsis of Books and book chapters to be deposited in R4D |
| | Policy Links: |
* DFID Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy
* DFID Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy: Implementation guide |
Data Archiving Policy |
| Whether to Archive: |
* Requires deposition in Open Access archives |
| | What to Archive: |
* Unpublished data
* Research data |
| When to Archive: |
* Must be archived within 12 months after project completion |
| | Where to Archive: |
* In appropriate institutional repositories (Optional)
* In appropriate disciplinary repositories (Optional)
* In named repositories... (Alternative)
* R4D (Alternative) |
| | General Conditions: |
* Effective for all new projects from 01-Nov-2012
* Applies to all projects funded totally or partly by the Department for International Development
* Retain and provide free on request raw datasets for a minimum of 5 years after project completion.
* Software must use free or open source software licenses and be deposited in a suitable open software repository
* Video, audio and images must be available digitally and in the public domain. All metadata for these outputs must be deposited in R4D.
* A case against dataset deposit may be made in Access and Data Management Plan, e.g. legal, ethical or commercial constraint. |
| | Policy Links: |
* DFID Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy
* DFID Research Open and Enhanced Access Policy: Implementation guide |
