John Wiley & Sons, Inc, announced today that the majority of Wiley’s
journals in its open access publishing program now offers authors funded
by The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK the opportunity to
publish their articles under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY
license when paying an Article Publication Charge (APC). This will
support authors in complying with funder requirements that came into
place April 1, 2013. The CC BY license allows others to modify, build
upon and/or distribute the licensed work (including for commercial
purposes) as long as the original author is credited.
“Enabling RCUK and Wellcome Trust funded researchers to continue
publishing in the journals of their choice is very important to us,”
said Rachel Burley, Vice President and Director, Open Access. “Wiley is
a strong supporter of sustainable open access and is committed to
meeting the needs of authors and their research funders.”
Wiley has also updated its self-archiving policy for RCUK authors. If an
author funded by RCUK chooses to publish in a Wiley journal but doesn’t
select and pay for OnlineOpen, they will be able to self-archive the
accepted version of the article after a 12 month embargo period
(starting with first publication online), or after a 24 month embargo
for authors funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). If a journal does
not offer an open access option, the embargo period is reduced to 6
months (RCUK’s STM Councils) or 12 months for authors funded by AHRC and
ESRC.
A limited number of society owned journals have not adopted the new
self-archiving policy and/or the new OnlineOpen license policy and will
continue to publish under the usual journal copyright license terms.
Wiley now publishes eighteen fully open access journals and additional
journals are expected to publish in 2013. Wiley’s OnlineOpen option is
offered by more than 1200 journals or more than 80% of its titles. This
option is available to authors of articles who wish to make their
article available to non-subscribers on publication. When selecting
OnlineOpen, authors, their funding agencies, or their institutions, pay
an APC to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers
upon publication via Wiley Online Library. Wiley Open Access Journals
and those published under OnlineOpen are deposited in PubMed Central.
About Wiley Open Access
Wiley Open Access provides authors wishing to publish their research
open access with a range of high quality publications which meet the
requirements of funding organizations and institutions where these
apply. Wiley Open Access journals are supported by a network of
high-quality journals and societies as well as internationally-renowned
editorial board members. For more information, please visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com.
About Wiley
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outcomes in research, education, and professional practice. Our core
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Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa, JWb), has been a
valued source of information and understanding for more than 200 years,
helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their
aspirations. Wiley and its acquired companies have published the works
of more than 450 Nobel laureates in all categories: Literature,
Economics, Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Peace.
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