This checklist will take you through:
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1. Ensure you understand what is required | |
Familiarise yourself with the requirements of the SHU policies on Open Access and Research Data Management | SHU Open Access publication policy |
Refer to SHU guidance on Open Access and Research Data Management | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold |
Request support for Open Access and Research Data Management | library-research-support@shu.ac.uk |
2. Choose your publication route | |
Follow guidance of your Unit of Assessment’s publication strategy or seek advice from the relevant Unit of Assessment Coordinator | Find your Unit of Assessment coordinator here |
Check whether the journal complies with your funder’s Open Access policy by using SHERPA/FACT | http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/fact/ |
Check whether the journal complies with the HEFCE Open Access policy so that your work is eligible for submission to the next REF:
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http://research.shu.ac.uk/library/oa/ref.html for embargo periods and exceptions
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/rsrch/oa/ for HECE policy |
If there is a justifiable need for ‘gold’ Open Access, contact your Unit of Assessment Coordinator to determine what funding may be available for you.
Funding may come from:
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Find your Unit of Assessment coordinator here |
Address any archiving and sharing requirements for research data that are relevant to your manuscript | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold/manage/rdm/sharing/ |
3. Submit your manuscript to the publisher | |
Acknowledge any source of funding in your manuscript, ensuring that you follow the format detailed by any external funder | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold/manage/rdm/sharing/data-statement/ |
Identify where and how associated research data can be accessed via a data availability statement | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold/manage/rdm/sharing/data-statement/ |
Acknowledge your affiliation to Sheffield Hallam University | |
4. Register your work in SHURA at the point of acceptance for publication | |
Ensure you retain:
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If you do not have an ORCID iD, then you are strongly encouraged to create one | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold/communicate/managing-researcher-identity/orcid/
Create your ORCID iD here |
Register your research output in SHURA. You must do this within 3 months of the date of acceptance for your final peer-reviewed manuscript in order to be eligible for the REF.
Please do the following:
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http://shura.shu.ac.uk |
Make sure you have archived the underpinning research data and make sure that your research data will be available on the date of publication | https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/libraryresearchsupportold/manage/rdm/sharing/preserving/ |
Add a record to SHURDA for your research data, even if your data is archived elsewhere, and make sure to link this record to your publication in SHURA | http://shurda.shu.ac.uk |
5. Do this at the point of publication | |
If you are publishing your work as ‘gold’ Open Access, you should add the publisher’s version of your work to SHURA | http://shura.shu.ac.uk |