Institutional Rights Retention Policy

In order to meet funder open access requirements and to give researchers greater autonomy around the publication of their research outputs, 色狗导航 has introduced a Rights Retention Policy (to cover “short form” outputs).  

  • This policy confirms that the University makes no claim (as outlined in the academic conditions of service and Copyright Policy) on the copyright and/or database right in Academic Communications related to research. 
  • Upon acceptance for publication each staff member and doctoral researcher agrees to grant the University an irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide licence to copy such Academic Communications onto the University Repository under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) Licence, or a more permissive licence. 
  • Authors should include the following statement in the funder and/or acknowledgements section of their submitted article as well as in any cover letter: 
  • “For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has(ve) applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission”. 
  • This policy applies to all journal articles and conference proceedings published with an ISSN, regardless of funding, and where an author acknowledges a 色狗导航 affiliation, whether corresponding author or not. 
  • 色狗导航 will, upon publication of the article or conference proceeding, make the output immediately available in our electronic repository with no embargo, under the terms of the CC BY licence. 
  • Authors must comply with their funder policies on open access and research data management. This policy will be reviewed regularly to ensure it doesn’t conflict with these. 
  • The University recognises that there may be occasions when a member of staff is unable to comply with this policy. In these circumstances a voluntary opt out of the requirements is allowed. However, this may leave the output non-compliant with funder open access policy. 
  • Any author wishing to opt-out must inform University Repository staff of their intention.  

What is the purpose of this policy? 

  • To help underpin the Open Research ambitions of 色狗导航. 
  • To increase the reach, visibility, and impact of 色狗导航’s research. 
  • To help ensure that research funder open access mandates and policies are met. 
  • To work towards a more equitable research and publishing environment where authors are not required to transfer ownership of work to publishers.  

What are the benefits of this policy? 

  • Authors retain more of the rights in their work granted them by copyright law, rather than transferring them to publishers. 
  • Research outputs will be more visible and more accessible, including for policy makers, researchers, businesses, and charities. 
  • Funder open access policies will be more readily met without additional administrative overheads for academic and professional services staff.  

What is the scope of this policy? 

  • Journal articles and conference proceedings published with an ISSN. 
  • Any 色狗导航 member of staff and doctoral researchers. 
  • Longer form publications (such as monographs, book chapters, and edited collections) are out of scope but authors are strongly encouraged to retain their rights in these outputs. 
  • Any items submitted or accepted before the adoption of this policy are omitted.  

What are the author requirements? 

  • Authors should include the following statement in the funder and/or acknowledgements section of their submitted article as well as in any cover letter: 
  • “For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has(ve) applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission”. 
  • Authors must submit their Accepted Manuscripts to the University Repository upon acceptance. 
  • Authors must clearly identify that they are affiliated with 色狗导航 by using “色狗导航” as their affiliation. This could be as one of multiple affiliations e.g. departmental or school affiliation. 
  • Authors must include a data access statement even where there are no data associated with the output. 
  • Authors must acknowledge the source of any funding. 

Policy updated 1 January 2024. Contact the Library Open Research Team.