Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.35
Liaison Amy Kadrie
Submission Date Dec. 15, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Rochester
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.67 / 2.00 Karen Berger
Ph.D.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
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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:

The open access repository lets individuals search by department as well as by researcher, including papers written by faculty outside of their normal research areas and papers written by undergraduate students.


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?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:

The University is committed to maintaining a teaching and research environment that
fosters open research and exchange of ideas, encourages the creation and dissemination
of new knowledge and promotes academic freedom. It is the policy of the University that
it cannot accept extramural research support that would impose a fundamental limitation
on the freedom to publish or otherwise limit, restrict or censor the dissemination of
research results. A fundamental limitation is defined as any publication restriction other
than a temporary restriction only to ensure that there is no inadvertent disclosure of
proprietary information and/or to ensure that any patent rights are protected.


Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
No

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:
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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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