Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	59.70
Liaison	Tracey Coronado
Submission Date	April 5, 2021

STARS v2.2

Missouri State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.33 / 2.00	Doug Neidigh Sustainability Coordinator Environmental Management

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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://bearworks.missouristate.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:

BearWorks is a record of publication, research and scholarship at Missouri State University. As the Institutional Repository (IR) for MSU, BearWorks collects and preserves access to the scholarly work of the University’s faculty, students and staff.

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?:

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

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The institution's open access policy:

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Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:

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:

This is provided through BearWorks. MSU’s open-access journal platform is the Digital Commons system that hosts the BearWorks repository. Journal editorial options range from simple submission/publish to double-blind peer-reviewed. Each journal can have it’s own policies, series, and site design. There is no limit on the number of journals that can be hosted and no limit on content that can be stored.

Optional Fields

Estimated percentage of peer-reviewed scholarly works published annually by the institution’s employees that are deposited in a designated open access repository:

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:

http://www.library.missouristate.edu/

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