The University of Exeter fully supports the shift to open access and believes that asserting Rights
Retention can benefit wider society. The University aims to disseminate research and scholarship
widely while complying with funder requirements and allowing researchers to publish in their
preferred journals.
Traditionally, ...
The University of Exeter fully supports the shift to open access and believes that asserting Rights
Retention can benefit wider society. The University aims to disseminate research and scholarship
widely while complying with funder requirements and allowing researchers to publish in their
preferred journals.
Traditionally, researchers signed a Copyright Transfer Agreement, transferring copyright to the
publisher. The publisher's ownership of copyright in the article limits researchers' freedom to use their
own work as they wish. Restrictions imposed by the publisher may include embargoes on access and
limitations on licensing options for the author accepted manuscript deposited in an institutional
repository.
The Rights Retention policy at Exeter enables researchers to make a full-version of their peer-reviewed
articles available as open access through self-archiving while retaining copyright and granting the
University a non-exclusive license for distribution through the institutional repository, Open Research
Exeter (ORE). This policy aligns with funder requirements and the University's commitment to enable
and promote Open Research.
