Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.68
Liaison Mei May
Submission Date Nov. 22, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Texas at San Antonio
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Mei L May
Director Office of Sustainability
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:
Open access repository where faculty can upload scholarly outputs. Upwards of 1500 items uploaded to the repository since 2020. No datasets yet, but journal entries are accepted.

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?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
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Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
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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:
We proactively seek partnerships with publishers that will reduce open access costs for authors, including discounts or waivers on Article Processing Charges (APCs). UTSA actively negotiates discounts with publishers. Notably having APCs waived at 100% with Cambridge Univeristy Press and Sage.
https://libguides.utsa.edu/OA/transformative

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?:
No

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
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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:
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