by crauter | Nov 24, 2017 | Open Access, REF
HEFCE announced further clarification on the rules for REF2021 yesterday (PDF here) and this included some decisions on outputs and open access (on p.8). Key points are: The policy is felt to be working in that more papers than ever before have been made open access....
by crauter | Apr 6, 2017 | Open Access, REF
Saturday 1st April 2017 marked the one year anniversary for the REF Open Access policy: this covers all journal articles and (some) conference proceedings accepted for publication after 1st April 2016. These papers must comply with HEFCE’s Open Access policy or they...
by crauter | Jan 23, 2017 | Open Access, REF
Short answer: no. The accepted version of a paper needs to be uploaded to RIS as well. The HEFCE REF Open Access policy includes “subject based repositories” as a suitable home for open access papers. The associated FAQ state that HEFCE do not...
by crauter | Aug 1, 2016 | REF, Research News
As you may have seen in the press the Stern review has just issued a report of its recommendations. Some of the main ones are: That all research active staff should be included in the REF. Outputs should be submitted at Unit of Assessment Level. There will be an...
by crauter | Jun 10, 2016 | REF, Research News
HEFCE have updated their FAQs for the REF Open Access policy (no.7.3) with a small but significant statement concerning books (in bold below): “As noted in FAQ 2.1, it is not a requirement that books be made available in an open-access form to be admissible as...
by crauter | Apr 1, 2016 | Open Access, REF
Any papers accepted for publication after 1st April 2016 must now comply with the REF’s open access policy. The university expects all papers to be compliant even if you do not anticipate that they will form part of the REF – the university’s own...
