Overall Rating	Gold
Overall Score	73.38
Liaison	Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date	Dec. 9, 2022

STARS v2.2

Oregon State University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.00 / 2.00	Brandon Trelstad Sustainability Coordinator Sustainability Office

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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:

http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/

A brief description of the open access repository:

ScholarsArchive at OSU makes available and stores the scholarly work of the Oregon State University community. Extensive sustainability-related materials are contained within this resource.

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?:

Yes

A copy of the institution's open access policy:

osu_openacesspolicy_final_single_page_uZHe8Sm.pdf

The institution's open access policy:

Open access policy link: https://library.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/osu_openacesspolicy_final_single_page.pdf

More information available at: https://wiki.library.oregonstate.edu/confluence/display/RP/ScholarsArchive@OSU+Policies

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :

Yes

APC fund

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

Yes

A brief description of the open access APC fund:

PeerJ operates a peer-reviewed journal and a preprint server, covering the biological and health sciences, and computer sciences. All articles published in PeerJ are immediately and freely accessible on the web. OSU Libraries and Press are proud to offer OSU faculty coverage of APCs (article processing charges) for PeerJ in support of their open access publishing activities. The charge will be paid when OSU faculty have an article accepted for publication in PeerJ. Please contact Michael Boock Michael.Boock@oregonstate.edu with questions. https://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/peerj

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:

OSU has had Open Journal systems (OJS) in place since around 2011. Oregon State University and the University of Oregon are collaborating to provide this publishing service for open access journals affiliated with the institutions.
https://journals.oregondigital.org/
https://library.oregonstate.edu/digital-publishing-initiatives

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://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/open-access

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Open access percentages are tracked on a calendar year basis, not fiscal year. For CY21 (used for both FY21 and FY22), 51% of the articles published by OSU-affiliated researchers are freely available either online or via an open access repository. 36% are freely available ONLY in an open access repository.

Thanks to Beth Filar-Williams and Michael Boock with The Valley Library at OSU for helping provide information for this credit.

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