Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 36.37
Liaison Melanie Knowles
Submission Date March 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Kent State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Melanie Knowles
Sustainability Manager
Facilities Planning and Operations
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Open access repository

Does the institution offer repository hosting that makes versions of journal articles, book chapters, and other peer-reviewed scholarly works by its employees freely available on the public internet?:
Yes

Website URL where the open access repository is available:
https://oaks.kent.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
Open Access Kent State (OAKS) is Kent State University's Institutional Repository, a platform for the preservation and promotion of the academic output of our multi-campus system. The purpose of OAKS is to publicize, disseminate, and preserve the scholarly work of Kent State University scholars and affiliates in an open access environment for the purpose of shared knowledge and learning. Maintained by Kent State University Libraries, OAKS highlights the scholarship at all of Kent State University’s campuses and locations and offers the ability to search by discipline and discover full-text scholarly work.

Open access policy

Does the institution have a published policy that requires its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
No

A brief description of the open access APC fund:
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Open access journal hosting

Does the institution provide open access journal hosting services through which peer-reviewed open access journals are hosted on local servers with dedicated staff who provide publishing support at no (or minimal) cost?:
Yes

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
Open access journals may be hosted on the Open Access Kent State (OAKS) institutional repository platform. The OAKS platform includes Open Journal Systems (OJS) software to support the submission, review, and publishing workflows for editorial staff of open access journals. The editor or responsible person for a journal must sign a Memorandum of Understanding which establishes terms, roles, and responsibilities of the journal’s editorial staff and of library staff who manage the hosting platform. Library staff assist journal editors free of charge. The server is locally hosted by Kent State University Information Technology and managed by University Libraries.

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Estimated percentage of peer-reviewed scholarly works published annually by the institution’s employees that are deposited in a designated open access repository:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
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