Open access publishing - for researchers

We expect the new ideas and knowledge gained from Parkinson's research that we have funded to be published in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals.

In line with other major funders, we believe the best way to share these papers as widely as possible is through free, unrestricted online access.

This means that the research we fund can be used to its best advantage by researchers all over the world, to the ultimate benefit of people affected by Parkinson's.

Major advances have come from the research we've supported - helping to improve treatment and care for people with Parkinson's within the UK and worldwide.

Our policy

• We expect authors of research papers to maximise the opportunities to make their results available for free.
  
  
• We require electronic copies of any research papers that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported in whole or in part by Parkinson's UK funding, to be made available through PubMed Central (PMC) and UK PubMed Central (UKPMC).
  
  This must be as soon as possible and in any event within 6 months of the journal publisher's official date of final publication.
  
  
• We'll provide grantholders with additional funding to cover open access charges, where appropriate (up to 2 years after the end of the grant), in order to meet our requirements.
  
  
• We encourage (and where we pay an open access fee, require) authors and publishers to license research papers such that they may be freely copied and re-used (for example for text and data-mining purposes), provided that such uses are fully attributed.
  
  
• We affirm the principle that it is the intrinsic merit of the work, and not the title of the journal in which an author's work is published, that should be considered in making funding decisions.

Find out more

For more detailed information, read our open access publishing information for authors (PDF, 65KB)

Parkinson's UK-funded researchers can access additional funds to cover open access publishing costs. To request an application form - or to ask any questions - email researchapplications@parkinsons.org.uk

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