R & D project

SHERPA REF

Informing and supporting authors and others on the open access requirements for post-2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Archived

This project was archived on 31 March 2016

This project resulted in the SHERPA REF service.

Started 1 Jan 2015
Budget:

£50k to £250k
Expected outcome:

New service

Tags:: Open access; Research and research data; Standards and policies

Building on the successful portfolio of SHERPA services, SHERPA REF helps authors and institutions decide whether a journal allows them to comply with the REF policy, and what to do when it does and when it does not.

New service launched

You can start using SHERPA REF now.

Key aims and benefits

SHERPA REF is a web application that:

Provides UK higher education institution (HEI) authors with an innovative, easy to use web service
Quickly and accurately checks if a journal of choice is compliant with the REF open access (OA) policy
Takes account of the REF Panel under which a publication will fall
Advises authors on how to comply and inform them of relevant embargoes or other issues arising from publisher and journal policies
Provides UK HEIs with an innovative, easy to use web service that will advise them on what they need to know and do to ensure their publication output complies with the REF OA policy