We are committed to supporting Open Access research and strive to make ourÌýresearch data as accessible as possible. By having the research of our academics and students online for everyone to access,Ìýthis enables the impacts of our research to reach global communities and societies almost instantly. WeÌýpride ourselves on research that makes a real difference to the world around us.Ìý

Discover our Open Access research

Explore our research repository, Ìý, home to thousands of Open Access research outputs such asÌýjournal articles, book chapters and conference papers produced by Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬staff and students, as well as our collection of PhD theses. BURO is linked to our research data repository, .

Open Access for Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬ResearchersÌý

Here at BU, we provide support for Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬researchers to make their research Open Access through twoÌýroutes;Ìýthe 'Gold' routeÌýand the 'Green' route.

The Gold route requires authors to pay the publisher to publish outputs open access directly. This route has been supported by Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬since 2011 by our institutional Open Access Publication Fund.

The Green route requires authors to deposit the accepted manuscript into an Open Access Repository. This route has been supported by Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬since 2008 by BURO.

The Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬Open Access PublicationÌýFund

The is available to any Å·ÃÀÐÔ°®Æ¬researcher, academic or student, who is ready to submit a peer-reviewed article for publication. This is a centralised fund which was launched in 2011 in response to and in support of various developments in research communication and publication trends.Ìý

Visit the for further information on the Open Access Fund and the criteria required to apply.

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