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Open research at Exeter
The University of Exeter supports the position that publicly funded research is a public good that should be made openly available to the public when legally, commercially and ethically appropriate. The University aims to disseminate research and scholarship widely while complying with funder requirements and allowing researchers to publish in their preferred journals.
Policies
The University of Exeter Open Access Policy
- applies to all research conducted at the University
- when required for funder or REF compliance, in-scope outputs must be uploaded via Symplectic to the institutional repository ORE
- when not publishing open access on the publisher website, upload journal articles and conference papers (with an ISSN) within three months of acceptance
- authors of all output types are encouraged to pursue open access publication, where possible and practical
The University of Exeter's Research Data Management Policy
- requires that all research publications include a data access statement
- research proposals must include research data management plans
- research data should be considered for retention, preservation and curation in ORE, or an appropriate national or international data service or domain repository
The University of Exeter's Institutional Rights Retention policy
- applies to journal articles or conference proceedings with an ISSN
- authored or co-authored by Staff or Postgraduate Research students whilst affiliated with University of Exeter
- authors own copyright in their scholarly works
- a Creative Commons Attribution Licence CC BY (or other Creative Commons licence, if preferred) is applied to all author accepted manuscripts at submission
Symplectic
The University of Exeter uses Symplectic Elements Current Research Information System (CRIS) for recording research outputs, funding and professional activities of Exeter researchers.
Symplectic is integrated with the institutional repository, ORE. Upload your publications via Symplectic to make them open access in ORE.
Log in to Symplectic using your University log in details. Help guides are available.
ORE
Open Research Exeter (ORE) is the University of Exeter’s online repository for storing and providing access to research outputs. ORE is a showcase for University of Exeter research, increasing visibility of publications by making them available as open access and enabling compliance with open access policies of the University and funders of research.
Support and training
Open Research at Exeter is supported by the Open Research team, in the Library.