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Publish Open Access in the American Psychological Association (APA) Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Repository, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch August 19, 2022January 9, 20266 Comments

Updated May 2024 to add the 15 Hogrefe journals that are now included. Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in 88 hybrid journals in the PsycArticles portfolio, including 15 Hogrefe scientific journals in the fields of psychology and mental health. This agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles through …

ENDED: American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Repository, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch May 13, 2022January 13, 20258 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: THIS AGREEMENT FINISHED ON 31 DECEMBER 2024 You may wish to consider other publishers with similar agreements: A very limited fund is available to pay individual APC charges for some articles. Please see the recent blog post. Any questions: email repository@westminster.ac.uk

Publish Open Access with Elsevier Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Scholarly Communications March 30, 2022January 9, 20263 Comments

UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in any of Elsevier’s hybrid journals at no further charge to the author. This ‘Read & Publish’ agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles in a wide variety of participating Elsevier journals across disciplines through gold open access. This includes Cell …

ORCID Integration with the VRE

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Repository, Research Data Management, Researcher Profiles, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch February 14, 2022August 28, 2024No Comments

ORCID link in the VRE ORCID is a unique research identifier belonging to you which distinguishes you from every other researcher. It allows you to store together all your research outputs within your account and share them between platforms. The VRE is able to push data to, and receive data from, your central ORCID account. …

What are Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and how can you use them?

by Nina WattsImpact, Open Access, REF, Repository, Research Data Management, Researcher Profiles, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch October 29, 2021No Comments

In our final blog post to mark International Open Access Week 2021, we aim to explain what is mean by Persistent Identifiers (PIDs), why they are important, and how you can use them as a researcher to ensure your research is better indexed and identified to you as the creator. We expand upon the introduction to …

Advanced Portfolios in WestminsterResearch

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Repository, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch October 27, 2021No Comments

Continuing our series of daily blog posts to mark International Open Access Week 2021, we wish to let you know of the exciting improvements to our repository that will allow all researchers, not just those who carry out practice based research, to create over-arching portfolios or collection records, to group and promote your research. We have …

UKRI Open Access Policy

by Nina WattsFunding, Open Access, Repository, Scholarly Communications, Uncategorized, VRE, WestminsterResearch October 26, 2021December 6, 2023No Comments

UKRI Guidance for Authors The largest change you will notice in the UKRI’s new Open Access is that from January 2024 it will apply to monographs, book chapters and edited collections, as well as journal articles. On 28 November 2023, UKRI launched a new £3.5 million fund dedicated to supporting open access costs for monographs, …

Publish Open Access with Taylor and Francis Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Scholarly Communications April 22, 2021January 9, 20268 Comments

UPDATE FROM 1st JANUARY 2026 From 1st January 2026, the Taylor & Francis agreement has been updated. This agreement combines continued access to Taylor & Francis journals with the opportunity for UK researchers corresponding at a participating JISC institution to publish gold open access in Taylor & Francis and Routledge Open Select (hybrid) and fully open …

Publish Without Charge in select Public Library of Science (PLOS) Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Scholarly Communications April 19, 2021January 9, 20267 Comments

Corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish their articles through Gold Open Access in select PLOS journals, without having to pay open access, or APC fees. This is because, as a university, we have entered into an agreement with PLOS, covering the cost of publishing in PLOS ONE and any of the community …

Publish Open Access with Cambridge University Press

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Scholarly Communications January 27, 2021January 9, 20267 Comments

UPDATED: JANUARY 2026 Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish their research articles, review articles and rapid communications Open Access (OA) at no further charge to the author in Cambridge University Press gold (open) and hybrid journals. To be eligible, articles must: Please note: Further information: Other publishers with similar agreements: Any questions: …