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Open Access Publishing and Public Repositories

Information on open access publishing, depositing health sciences publications in public repositories, copyright considerations, and funding agency requirements.

Two Forms of Open Access

There are 2 primary ways to provide open access to research articles: (1) publishing in open access journals and (2) depositing in public repositories.

Content can be made open access with the consent of the copyright-holder.   

See also Peter Suber's "A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access." 

Identifying Suitable Open Access Journals

Article Processing Fee (APC) Support

While UW Libraries has no central fund to finance article processing fees (APCs), there are some agreements and organizational memberships that can reduce these fees. Details are available at the APC Support guide, which also links to information about how you may be able to deposit your accepted manuscript in UW’s repository ResearchWorks at no cost to meet UW's Open Access (OA) policy.

For Editors of Open Access Journals