Open Access

Open Access Policy

PREAMBLE The faculty, students and staff of Stony Brook University are committed to sharing our research, scholarship and creative work as widely as possible.  Moreover, by adopting this policy and practice our university seeks to a) meet federal requirements that the results of all federally funded research be available to

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Open Access Policy FAQ

What is an Open Access Policy? An open access policy provides a basis for Stony Brook University to preserve the work of its scholars in its online repository, Academic Commons, (or other open access archives) and to provide access to that work to anyone who seeks it. Open access policies

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Open Access Policy FAQ

What is an Open Access Policy? An open access policy provides a basis for Stony Brook University to preserve the work of its scholars in its online repository, Academic Commons, (or other open access archives) and to provide access to that work to anyone who seeks it. Open access policies

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SBU Open Access Research: High impact and on the rise

SBU Research Data SBU Open Access Publishing Activity 87,621  articles published by SBU scholars and researchers, 1966 – 2015 1602, or ~2% of those articles are open access 27,628 articles published by SBU scholars and researchers, 2006 – 2015 6% of those articles are open access of the articles published in

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Open Access Symposium 2016

The Center for Scholarly Communication, Stony Brook University Libraries presents Open Access, Global Access and Research Futures, the Open Access Symposium 2016. When: Tuesday, October 25 Where: Wang Center, Stony Brook University Registration is free and open! Open Access, Global Access and Research Futures features visionary ideas from inspirational speakers. The

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Predatory Journals Under Prosecution

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against the online publisher of science journals, OMICS Group, Inc. For details on how to evaluate and identify predatory publishers and journals, see the Center for Scholarly Communication page ‘How Do You Know A Journal

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FLEXspace Awards New Learning Spaces at SBU Libraries

The new North and Central Reading Rooms at Stony Brook University Libraries were recently honored with an award from FLEXspace, an open access repository featuring images and data of learning spaces. FLEXspace and Herman Miller Education are sponsoring my travel and attendance to represent the library at the Designing Library

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Academic Commons: Your Global Audience Is Here

The Academic Commons is an open access scholarly repository and publishing platform for the Stony Brook University community. Works in Academic Commons are: *freely accessible online       *easily discoverable via search engines *regularly backed up             *assigned a permanent URL so they can always be found What Academic Commons Means For You

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JULIET & RoMEO: Find Open Access Permissions, Mandates

SHERPA is a scholarly communication partnership based at the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.  SHERPA offers a number of web services, including JULIET and RoMEO. JULIET JULIET is a search tool for discovering research funders’ mandates for public access and open access. Features include: Quick summary of different funders’ mandates

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Kudos: Increase Your Research Impact and Citations

Although Open Access leverages the availability of your research to a broad spectrum of audiences, it does not guarantee the visibility of your work due to the abundance of literature available online. To overcome this setback you can use Kudos as a toolkit to promote your work, increase citations and make sure your

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