Open Access and self-archiving
Open Access refers to free availability of scientific knowledge. Self-archiving in the institutional repository of the university brings many benefits for both the researcher and the university. Many universities and research institutes, also the University of Tampere, either recommend or request self-archiving. Also an increasing number of research funders requests open access of research results.
Self-archiving
- Adds to the visibility and the impact of the research
- Fills the recommendations of EU and many funders for favoring Open Access policy
- Is free of charge. No author fees like in OA journals
- Makes articles easier available to the author himself/herself
- Frees the researcher and the department from maintaining their own publication archives or data archives
- Researchers can publish their articles in whichever original platform they choose
- Most publishers are well-disposed toward self-archiving
News
The University of Tampere´s Open Access -survey: Results
Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access / Alma Swan. UNESCO
The European Commission recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information
The open institutional repository of the University of Tampere TamPub includes dissertations of the University, e-publications and serials and self-archived articles of the staff of the University of Tampere.
Should you have any questions about self-archiving, please contact oa@uta.fi
