Before submitting your manuscript
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Check that your chosen journal or publisher allows you to meet the open access requirements for REF via either the Green or Gold route using SHERPA-REF. If the Gold route is selected, the University will only consider paying the Article Processing Charge (APC) for articles which will be made available under a CC-BY licence.
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If your article is from funded research, you should also check the funder's open access publishing requirements using SHERPA-FACT. In the event of a conflict, authors should follow the guidance for REF compliance. Please seek advice from Open Access if you are unsure.
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If your selected journal or venue is fully open access, contact Open Access to find out whether funding is available before your submit your manuscript.
On acceptance for publication
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Authors should deposit the Author Accepted Manuscript (the final peer-reviewed text before the publisher typesetting) in BRAD immediately on acceptance for publication. For details on publishers' archiving policies see SHERPA-RoMEO.
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If an APC is being paid for open access, authors must choose a CC-BY licence. If this is not available, please ask Open Access for advice. If an APC is paid for Gold open access, CC-BY-NC or CC-BY-NC-ND licences are not compliant with UK REF requirements, Brunel and many funder policies.
Where the Green open access route allows you to meet the REF and funder requirements, Open Access may recommend that you follow this route to ensure that the limited public funds available are appropriately spent.
