Principles for Open Access Publishing at MF
Articles from projects funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN)
In projects starting in 2021 or later are to be made available with a Creative Commons licence CC BY 4.0.
For articles connected with the projects, researchers are to add the following sentence when submitting a manuscript:
"This research was funded, in whole or in part, by The Research Council of Norway [6-siffret prosjektnummer]. A CC BY or equivalent licence is applied to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission, in accordance with the grant’s open access conditions."
Questions concering Open Access?
Please proceed to the MF library web pages, or the information page https://www.openscience.no/en
Ofteland, Hanne Storm
Chief Librarian
Rolandsen, Unn Målfrid Høgseth
Director of Research
- The Research Committee (Forskningsutvalget) has the overarching responsibility for publication of research at MF, including the responsibility for publishing with Open Access- OA.
- A significant portion of research done at MF should be published via recognized and approved OA channels as soon as this is possible.
- Researchers must familiarize themselves with the OA channels that can be relevant for their research and discipline.
- MF encourages publication in journals with "gold" open access, and that are registered in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and in the Norwegian channel register.
- Applications for support to cover costs related to publication support (including Article Processing Charges, APC for articles) must be submitted via our online application form (no fixed deadline).
- Prior to publication, the researcher must clarify which rights are in effect for publishing in the channel/journal in question. This is the responsibility of the individual researcher. When needed, the library can give assistance.
- Researchers should ensure that they themselves retain the publishing rights to their work and that the embargo period for any "green" OA publication is not too long (normally 12-18 months). Embargo periods should be avoided if possible.
- In order for research to be made available in line with the requirements set by funding institutions (f.ex. NFR), it is recommended that researchers utilize an author addendum when entering into a publishing agreement with a publisher. An author addendum will override the publisher's default policy for self-archiving and ensures that the authors retain the right to make the research available in an archive.
- Published research, whether it is OA or not, is to be submitted to the Library/Brage (MF Open) for depositing (possibly with embargo). Researchers who register their work directly in Cristin can upload full-text themselves, preferably together with the author agreement where it is stated which type of licence the publication is subject to (preferably CC BY). After registration, transfer to Brage (MF Open) occurs automatically. Please note that registrations in Cristin closes 01 June 2024.
- Extra incentive funding for OA publication will not be given before the number of channels has increased and it is made clear how much such publishing will count for in result-based redistribution (RBO) from the ministry.
- MF is to support the national and international effort to establish dependable and efficient schemes for OA publication.
The chief librarian and director of research are natural contacts for questions about open access publishing at MF.
For extensive and detailed information about open access, the following website can be recommended https://www.openscience.no/en
See also the over-arching Principles for Open Science at MF at mf.no.