| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 76.52 |
| Liaison | Maria Kirrane |
| Submission Date | July 28, 2022 |
University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork
AC-11: Open Access to Research
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
| -- | 2.00 / 2.00 |
Donna
O'Doibhlin Scholarly Communications Librarian Research & Digital Services |
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?:
Website URL where the open access repository is available:
A brief description of the open access repository:
CORA, the Cork Open Research Archive, gives you free open access to University College Cork's scholarly and scientific research publications and theses.
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:
The institution's open access policy:
The UCC Open Access to Publications Policy was devised by Information Services and the Office of the VP for Research and Innovation working with the Academic Council Research and Innovation Committee. https://libguides.ucc.ie/openaccess/uccpublicationspolicy
Authors of peer-reviewed articles and peer-reviewed conference papers resulting from research carried out at University College Cork will deposit a copy in the CORA (Cork Open Research Archive) repository.
In order to comply with the policy, you should 'act on acceptance'. When your journal article or conference paper has been accepted for publication, you should either upload the accepted version through your IRIS profile or e-mail the file to cora@ucc.ie. UCC Library will make deposit as easy as possible by checking copyright and adhering to the publisher's terms and conditions.
Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
A brief description of the open access APC fund:
As a relatively small university, UCC is a member of the IReL consortium https://irel.ie/about-irel/ which means that UCC researchers can avail of all the OA agreements that are currently in place through that consortium. IReL agreements are in place with most of the major academic publishers.
All of the APC approvals for UCC authors (for the various agreements) come through to UCC Library via various publisher OA dashboards, where the application is approved or rejected. A UCC researcher publishes using their UCC email address and selects the open access option in their journal of choice when submitting, the request will come through to UCC library staff who will then approve the open access request based on whether the author is definitely affiliated with the university. The process is a first come first served basis.
IReL negotiate these agreements on a cost neutral basis in line with the Liber principles https://libereurope.eu/article/open-access-five-principles-for-negotiations-with-publishers/. IReL is funded by the Higher Education Authority and the Department of Further & Higher Ed.
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?:
A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
As a relatively small university, UCC is a member of the IReL consortium https://irel.ie/about-irel/ which means that UCC researchers can avail of all the OA agreements that are currently in place through that consortium. IReL agreements are in place with most of the major academic publishers.
All of the APC approvals for UCC authors (for the various agreements) come through to UCC Library via various publisher OA dashboards, where the application is approved or rejected. A UCC researcher publishes using their UCC email address and selects the open access option in their journal of choice when submitting, the request will come through to UCC library staff who will then approve the open access request based on whether the author is definitely affiliated with the university. The process is a first come first served basis.
IReL negotiate these agreements on a cost neutral basis in line with the Liber principles https://libereurope.eu/article/open-access-five-principles-for-negotiations-with-publishers/. IReL is funded by the Higher Education Authority and the Department of Further & Higher Ed.
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:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Count of Article (peer-reviewed) and Conference item publication types in CORA with publication year, 2019 = 1190, as of 08.11.21.
Total number of UCC affiliated publications indexed in Scopus with publication year 2019, refined by publication type article, conference paper, reviews = 1767 as of 08.11.21.
Count of Article (peer-reviewed) and Conference item publication types in CORA with publication year, 2019 = 1190, as of 08.11.21.
Total number of UCC affiliated publications indexed in Scopus with publication year 2019, refined by publication type article, conference paper, reviews = 1767 as of 08.11.21.
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