Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.36
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date Nov. 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

Princeton University
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Sarah Boll
Executive Director
Office of Sustainability
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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:
A brief description of the open access repository:

The Princeton Open Access Repository provides a platform for collecting scholarly articles authored by Princeton University faculty members. Articles in the repository are publicly accessible in accordance with Princeton’s Open Access Policy. The goal of the repository is to make Princeton scholarly articles available to the widest possible audience and to preserve them for long-term use. The Princeton University Library and the Office of Information Technology develop, manage, and maintain the repository.


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:
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The institution's open access policy:

Princeton University has had the Open Access Policy since 2011, which requires its faculty members to grant the University rights to archive and share their scholarly works in our open-access repository. The policy only covers faculty members.


The Open Access Policy text is available here: https://dof.princeton.edu/policies-procedure/policies/open-access


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:

Princeton University Library provides an Open Access Fund program to support Princeton Authors with APCs. The Princeton OA fund aims to help Princeton authors, especially underrepresented groups, underwrite reasonable publication charges when publishing in fee-based Open Access (OA) publications when no other funding sources are available. Funding article charges removes barriers to open-access publishing practices and promotes the value of OA to scholarship, research, and creative output. The OA Fund aligns the investment in OA with the core mission and values of the Library and University, as well as the Library’s strategic priorities. 

More details are available at https://library.princeton.edu/services/scholarly-communications/oa-fund-program


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:

The Princeton University Library Open Access Publishing Program (POAPP) is an open access journal publishing program and suite of services created to help Princeton faculty, researchers, students, and staff create high-quality, peer-reviewed, and open-access scholarly publications. 

More details are available at: https://library.princeton.edu/services/open-access-publishing-program


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:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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