Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.15
Liaison Mary Ellen Mallia
Submission Date Feb. 27, 2023

STARS v2.2

University at Albany
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Lindsay van Berkom
Scholar Archive Admiinstrator, Dewey Library Coordinator
University Library
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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:

Scholars Archive, the University at Albany’s institutional repository, collects, preserves, and provides online access to scholarly research and resources created by University at Albany faculty, staff and students.

Through Scholars Archive and with support from our Repository Manager, you can host your journal, share conference and event publications, and openly distribute your research data and scholarship, helping you meet funder and journal requirements.

Work shared in Scholars Archive is comprehensively indexed and openly available, increasing the audience and impact of your work. Participating authors enjoy on-demand metrics, which can help tell the story of your scholarship


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:
Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
Yes

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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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?:
No

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:

Scholars Archive can host peer reviewed journals. However, this is not to be hosted on our local servers.


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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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

2,215 articles were added to the Scholars Archive between November 2014 – December 2022.


2,215 articles were added to the Scholars Archive between November 2014 – December 2022.

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