American University of Sharjah
AC-11: Open Access to Research

AUS DSpace is the Institutional Repository at the American University of Sharjah. We collect both student and faculty work and make it available online. Our collection includes Masters Theses, the School of Business Administration Working Paper Series, and a growing collection of faculty publications. DSpace provides long-term access to this material, making it easily discoverable to a global audience.

OPEN ACCESS Principles for Open Access The following principles are aimed at increasing the visibility and impact of publications by our faculty, researchers and students. The outputs of scholarly enquiry that are created by faculty, researchers or students at the American University of Sharjah should be affiliated clearly and disseminated as widely and promptly as possible. ORCiDs are strongly recommended for identifying authors and creators. Author and co-author affiliation (including international and industry affiliates) must be clearly stated on all outputs Where copyright permits, American University of Sharjah researchers should deposit full-text copies of their peer-reviewed journal articles, papers from published conference proceedings and other works into the DSpace@AUS research repository. Relevant subject repositories could also be utilized for this purpose. It is recommended that the full-text of the publication and its details be uploaded between acceptance and publication. In DSpace, an embargo will be applied by repository software, as per publisher permissions. Optional deposit of other research outputs such as book sections, creative works, working papers and conference presentations is encouraged. These items will be identified as peer-reviewed or non-peer-reviewed as appropriate. The library provides support for this activity, including training, and will check copyright permissions and embargoes on all deposited material.

Please refer this link for policy: https://library.aus.edu/node/2230#openaccess

The AUS Open Access Program has been established to assist faculty should they decide to publish their papers in journals that are ranked in the Q1 index of SCOPUS, and the highest quality and allow open access.

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