Research Matters|Southampton

Last week my colleague Paula wrote a blog post explaining the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) and its use by Wellcome Trust authors. Including the RRS statement in journal submissions has been part of the Wellcome policy since January 2021, so

Open Access biscuits: which way does the cookie crumble?

26th October 202129th October 2021

Nicki Clarkson

Funder Policies, Open access, UKRI

For Open Access Week 2019 we created a short teaching session and Twitter thread using biscuits as an analogy for the different routes to open access. We are updating both for Open Access Week 2021 to reflect a significant change:

Open access policies for UKRI and the Wellcome Trust; the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS)

26th October 202126th October 2021

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Funder Policies, Open access, UKRI

This post will focus on research articles underpinned by funding, fully or partially, by both the Wellcome Trust and UKRI and will draw your attention to the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS). Hold on to your seats! This is complicated, but please be