| The eligibility of Nature, Nature research, Palgrave journals to use UKRI open access funding “UK institutions are in negotiation with Springer Nature to secure a transitional open access agreement for the Nature, Nature research journals and Palgrave journals. In accordance with UKRI OA policy, whilst Springer Nature provides a compliant route to OA publishing in Nature, Nature research journals and Palgrave journals via immediate publishing of the Version of Record OA under a CC BY licence, authors (and their institutions) are not able to use UKRI OA funds to pay for APCs in these titles as they are hybrid journals and ‘not part of a transitional arrangement that meets the sector’s requirements’. Whilst negotiations for a transitional agreement are ongoing, we hope to secure an arrangement for these titles that provides a compliant route for UKRI funded authors, but which does not compel an author or an institution to pay publication charges.” Authors can check the status of Nature, Nature Research journals and Palgrave journals at: Sherpa and JCT. Derived from JISC Statement 08/04/2022 The hybrid journal titles do not meet ‘transformative journal’ status and remain ineligible for UKRI funds. This follows a recently published THE article that offered an inaccurate interpretation of the current position. Further information: JISC our role in open access Supporting the transition to open access publishing – an update. Anna Vernon, JISC |
