Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.18
Liaison Suzanne Wood
Submission Date April 3, 2020
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STARS v2.1

UMass Chan Medical School
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 2.00 Suzanne Wood
Sustainability & Energy Manager
Facilities Managment
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How many of the institution’s research-producing divisions are covered by a published open access policy that ensures that versions of future scholarly articles by faculty and staff are deposited in a designated open access repository? (All, Some or None):
Some

Which of the following best describes the open access policy? (Mandatory or Voluntary):
Voluntary (strictly opt-in)

Does the institution provide financial incentives to support faculty members with article processing and other open access publication charges?:
No

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted, any incentives or supports provided, and the repository(ies) used:
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A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
The open access policy is defined by the NIH guidelines and applied for researchers who have been granted NIH funding. https://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm

None
The website URL where the open access repository is available:

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Estimated percentage of scholarly articles published annually by the institution’s faculty and staff that are deposited in a designated open access repository (0-100):
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A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:
The library broadly supports Open Access through training and troubleshooting services for the NIH Public Access Policy; brokering publisher memberships that afford UMMS authors discounts on APCs for publication in Open Access journals; and developing and disseminating educational resources on the mechanisms and benefits of Open Access. The library manages the University’s institutional repository, eScholarship@UMMS, mediating the deposit of UMMS-authored research products and publishing five Open Access journals.

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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