Scholarly Publishing

Many funders now require publications arising from funded research to be publicly available immediately at the time of publication. This can usually be accomplished by either:

• publishing the article open access through the journal (note that many funders also require you to deposit the article into their designated repository even if you publish open access through the journal)
• sharing a manuscript version of the article in a funder's repository like PubMed or an institutional repository like the Tufts Digital Library

To be sure that you're choosing a journal that will allow you meet your funder's requirements:

• Find the publication sharing policy for your funding agency
• See what open access options a journal has, and what the cost is
• Find your journal's policies about sharing manuscript versions of articles (usually a no-cost option, if you chose not to publish open access through the publisher)
  • See the Resources box below for tools to find journals that have sharing policies that will allow you to meet your funder's requirements

Get in touch with us for assistance finding or interpreting funder requirements and evaluating if a journal is compliant with them.

Guidance on complying with policies

Find journals that allow immediate sharing without paying

Most journals allow authors to share a manuscript version of an article in an open access repository without paying an open access charge. Many of them have an embargo period before the manuscript can be made openly available - this no longer meets some funders' requirements (notably the NIH). The resources listed here can help you find journals that allow you to share a manuscript version immediately, which will let you meet funder requirements that require immediate open sharing.