REF 2029

Any research article or conference proceeding intended for submission to REF 2029.

If published prior to 1st January 2026, articles must be either:

1. Deposited in a repository no later than 3 months after acceptance and made openly available within 12 months of publication (Panels A and B) or within 24 months of publication (Panels C and D).

Or;

2. Made available via the journal's platform (the Gold route) immediately on publication.

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If published on or after 1st January 2026, articles must be either: 

1. Deposited in a repository no later than 3 months after publication and made openly available within 6 months of publication (Panels A and B) or within 12 months of publication (Panels C and D).

Or;

2. Made available via the journal's platform (the Gold route) immediately on publication.

CC-BY licence is preferred.

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-ND, CC-BY-NC-ND or any licence "meeting an equivalent standard of openness" are permitted.

To meet these requirements either: 

a) Publish in a hybrid or subscription journal and deposit the author accepted manuscript of your article into Pure on acceptance. The Library will make the paper openly available on publication.

or;

b) Publish in a fully open access journal and ask your research funder to pay the publishing charge. Apply via the York Open Access Fund request form.

or; 

c) Publish in a fully open access journal and ask the Library to pay the charge from the institutional open access fund. The journal must be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the open access fee must not exceed £3,000. Apply via the York Open Access Fund request form.

UKRI

Any research article or conference proceeding reporting UKRI funding submitted for publication on or after 1 April 2022.

1. Article must be made openly available on publication.

2. Article can be openly available either via a journal's platform (the Gold route) or via deposit into a repository (the Green route).

Article must be made available under a CC-BY licence (or Open Government Licence where appropriate). 

More restrictive CC-BY-ND licence will be permitted in certain cases through application to UKRI.

To meet these requirements either: 

a) Publish in a hybrid or subscription journal and deposit the author accepted manuscript of your article into Pure on acceptance. The Library will make the paper openly available on publication.

or;

b) Publish in a fully open access journal and ask UKRI to pay the publishing charge. Apply via the York Open Access Fund request form.

Wellcome Trust

Any research article or conference proceeding reporting Wellcome funding.

Articles must be made openly available within the Europe PMC repository upon publication.

Articles must be available under a CC-BY licence.

To meet these requirements either:

a) Publish in a hybrid or subscription journal and deposit the author accepted manuscript of your article into Europe PMC on acceptance. Upon publication, make the manuscript openly available via this platform.

b) Publish in a fully open access journal and ask Wellcome to pay the publishing charge. The journal must be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Apply via the York Open Access Fund request form. When published, share the final version of the article via Europe PMC.

Horizon Europe

Any research article of conference proceeding reporting funding from Horizon Europe.

Articles must be made openly available within a repository no later than the point of publication.

Articles must be available under a CC-BY licence (or a licence with equivalent rights).

To meet these requirements either: 

a) Publish in a hybrid or subscription journal and deposit the author accepted manuscript of your article into Pure on acceptance. The Library will make the paper openly available on publication.

b) Publish in a fully open access journal and ask your research funder to pay the publishing charge. Upon publication, deposit the final version of your paper within Pure. 

National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR)

For NIHR Programmes, NIHR Personal Awards and NIHR Portfolio: Any research article or conference proceeding arising from research studies where the research costs are funded in whole or in part by NIHR.

For NIHR Infrastructure: Any research article or conference proceeding arising from research studies where the majority of research costs are funded by NIHR. 

Articles must be openly available within the PubMed Central (PMC) and Europe PMC repositories upon publication.

Articles must be available under a CC-BY or Open Government (OGL) licence. 

NIHR may permit the use of the CC-BY-ND. Apply for an exception using the request form. 

To meet these requirements either:

a) Publish in a hybrid or subscription journal and deposit the author accepted manuscript of your article into PubMed Central and Europe PMC on acceptance. Upon publication, make the manuscript openly available via these platforms.

b) Publish in a fully open access, or hybrid, journal and ask NIHR to pay the open access fee. NIHR will pay "reasonable fees" required by a publisher. Apply for funding using the NIHR Open Access Request form. When published, share the final version via PubMed Central and Europe PMC.