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Introduction

Cambridge is keen to offer its Authors and Readers as many options as possible when it comes to publishing content. Our standard copyright forms allow Open Access Archiving (for instance posting the Accepted Manuscript in an Institutional Repository or on a personal webpage). Authors can also choose to publish Open Access (making articles freely available for non-commercial use) in a large number of our Journals by using Cambridge Open Option.

Open Access Mandates

A number of funding agencies and institutions now mandate Open Access publication of work which they support. We are fully compliant with the requirements of NIH, The Wellcome Trust, UKRC, HHMI and many others. For more details please click here.

SHERPA RoMEO

SHERPA RoMEO is a listing of publishers' policies towards Open Access Archiving, with publishers ranked by colour depending on the rights they grant to authors. We support both Gold and Green Open Access (for more information on these terms please visit the SHERPA RoMEO site). Gold Open Access is supported via Cambridge Open Option. Green Open Access is covered by the vast majority of our standard Copyright forms which automatically allow our authors to archive their articles in institutional repositories, on personal webpages and in subject repositories such as PubMed Central. Click here for more information about our copyright forms.

Cambridge Open Option

Cambridge Open Option is a scheme whereby authors, for a one-off charge, can make their article freely available to everyone on publication, reflecting Cambridge's commitment to further the dissemination of published academic information. For a full list of participating journals please see below. If the Journal you would like to publish in is not listed we may still be able to offer this option. Please contact the Journal's Editor for more information.

Our commitment to wide dissemination

Cambridge is committed to wide dissemination of work published in its Journals. To this end we support a number of schemes allowing free, or discounted, access to our Journals in developing countries. We participate in the Research4Life (AGORA, HINARI, OARE) and INASP initiatives, as well as the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Eastern and Central Europe Journals Donation Projects.

In addition to our Open Access programme a large amount of our content is made free and publicly available. Please click here for a list of free content.

NIH funded research and Open Access in Cambridge Journals

National Institutes of Health, “Revised policy on enhancing public access to archived publications resulting from NIH-funded research” (NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-08-033)

New requirements

• From 7 April 2008, the NIH will require that all peer-reviewed articles, wholly or partially deriving from NIH funds, must be submitted to PubMedCentral (PMC) upon acceptance for publication.
• Authors must ensure that the copyright transfer agreements that they sign with a journal publisher must allow them to make the manuscript held in the PMC archive freely available within 12 months of publication of the article.

How to comply with Cambridge Journals

• The Cambridge Journals’ standard transfer of copyright agreement allows authors to place a copy of their Accepted Manuscript in a variety of places, including PMC (see further details).
• Cambridge Journals’ allow the PMC archive record to be made freely available under embargo of 12 months, post-publication (see further details). 
• If you are funded by NIH, The Wellcome Trust, UKRC, HHMI and many other agencies, Cambridge Journals’ are fully compliant with the respective requirements of these organisations (see further details).
• Cambridge is listed as a ‘Green’ publisher in the SHERPA/RoMEO database of publishers’ copyright and self-archiving policies (see further details).
• A growing number of Cambridge Journals offer authors the ability to publish their articles under an Open Access model (see further details of the Cambridge Open Option).

For a more detailed explanation of our policies on Open Access Archiving please see below

Open Access Archive Policy

Cambridge University Press’s Policy on Open Access Archiving

As an author, do you know that most Cambridge journals allow you to archive a copy of your accepted manuscript in a variety of places, including your personal website, and your institution’s repository? In addition, you have the right to deposit a copy in a subject-based repository, such as PubMedCentral. See a more-detailed explanation of these rights

If you are funded by NIH, The Wellcome Trust, UKRC, HHMI and many other agencies, you will be pleased to know that Cambridge Journals’ policies are fully compliant with the respective requirements of these organisations. As a result of these and other rights, Cambridge is listed as a ‘Green’ publisher in the SHERPA/RoMEO database of publishers’ copyright policies and self-archiving (see further details). A summary of these conditions (from the SHERPA/RoMEO site) follows.

Authors retain the following rights and conditions (as detailed on SHERPA/RoMEO website):

• To post a copy of the accepted manuscript on author’s personal or departmental web page or institutional repository
• Author’s version of manuscript may be deposited immediately upon acceptance
• To post a copy of the pre-print to record acceptance for publication
• Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged
• Must link to publisher version
• Publisher’s version/PDF may be used on authors’ personal or departmental web page any time after publication
• Publisher’s version/PDF may be used in an institutional repository after 12-month embargo
• Articles in some journals can be made Open Access on payment of additional charge

If funding agency rules apply, authors may post articles in PubMed Central 12 months after publication or use Cambridge Open Option.

If you prefer to take up the Cambridge Open Option by publishing your article immediately as Open Access, Cambridge offers this on payment of a one-off charge. Most funders permit this as an allowable cost within grants. Check your funder’s policies for details. See further information on the Cambridge Open Option.

Copyright and Institutional Repositories

All contributors retain the following non-transferable rights:

• The right to post either their own version of their contribution as submitted to the journal (prior to revision arising from peer review and prior to editorial input by Cambridge University Press) or their own final version of their contribution as accepted for publication (subsequent to revision arising from peer review but still prior to editorial input by Cambridge University Press) on their personal or departmental web page, or in the Institutional Repository of the institution in which they worked at the time the paper was first submitted, or (for appropriate journals) in PubMed Central or UK PubMed Central, provided the posting is accompanied by a prominent statement that the paper has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in [journal title] published by Cambridge University Press, together with a copyright notice in the name of the copyright holder (Cambridge University Press or the sponsoring Society, as appropriate). On publication the full bibliographical details of the paper (volume: issue number (date), page numbers) must be inserted after the journal title, along with a link to the Cambridge website address for the journal. Inclusion of this version of the paper in Institutional Repositories outside of the institution in which the contributor worked at the time the paper was first submitted will be subject to the additional permission of Cambridge University Press (not to be unreasonably withheld).
• The right to post the definitive version of the contribution as published at Cambridge Journals Online (in PDF or HTML form) on their personal or departmental web page, no sooner than upon its appearance at Cambridge Journals Online, subject to file availability and provided the posting includes a prominent statement of the full bibliographical details, a copyright notice in the name of the copyright holder (Cambridge University Press or the sponsoring Society, as appropriate), and a link to the online edition of the journal at Cambridge Journals Online.
• The right to post the definitive version of the contribution as published at Cambridge Journals Online (in PDF or HTML form) in the Institutional Repository of the institution in which they worked at the time the paper was first submitted, or (for appropriate journals) in PubMed Central or UK PubMed Central, no sooner than one year after first publication of the paper in the journal, subject to file availability and provided the posting includes a prominent statement of the full bibliographical details, a copyright notice in the name of the copyright holder (Cambridge University Press or the sponsoring Society, as appropriate), and a link to the online edition of the journal at Cambridge Journals Online.  Inclusion of this definitive version after one year in Institutional Repositories outside of the institution in which the contributor worked at the time the paper was first submitted will be subject to the additional permission of Cambridge University Press (not to be unreasonably withheld).
• The right to post an abstract of the contribution (for appropriate journals) on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN),  provided the abstract is accompanied by a prominent statement that the full contribution appears in [journal title] published by Cambridge University Press, together with full bibliographical details, a copyright notice in the name of the journal’s copyright holder (Cambridge University Press or the sponsoring Society, as appropriate), and a link to the online edition of the journal at Cambridge Journals Online.
• The right to make hard copies of the contribution or an adapted version for their own purposes, including the right to make multiple copies for course use by their students, provided no sale is involved.
• The right to reproduce the paper or an adapted version of it in any volume of which they are editor or author.  Permission will automatically be given to the publisher of such a volume, subject to normal acknowledgement.

Cambridge Open Option

Cambridge allows authors to make their articles freely available through the Cambridge University Press Open Access initiative, Cambridge Open Option. This initiative enables immediate publication of an author's article, subject to prior acceptance from the journal in question and after a fee has been received from the author or their sponosoring body (see below).

By making articles freely available to all, this initiative will achieve several goals:

• Users will have access to the full article, without access restriction, and may download a PDF copy for their own personal, non-commercial use.
• Freely available articles will maximise the dissemination of knowledge, and further research goals by providing that knowledge to all interested parties.
• Cambridge Open Option will test the viability of Open Access publishing as a model that is sustainable in the long term.
• By publishing Open Access articles, Cambridge will collect valuable usage data in order to evaluate the effects of Open Access publishing on user behaviour.
• Authors who choose to pay to make their articles freely available will continue to receive the benefits of publishing in Cambridge journals they already experience; the same high standards of publishing will be unchanged.

All articles will continue to be handled in the same way with peer-review, professional production and online distribution in Cambridge Journals Online. Articles will be included in the relevant Abstracting & Indexing services, and can have supplementary content added to their online versions.

Cambridge Open Option - How it Works

Once their paper has been accepted for publication, authors can choose whether or not to make it freely available to everyone on publication via our online platform, Cambridge Journals Online.

In this way, all of the editorial decision processes are unbiased. The journal's Editor and reviewers will not know that the paper is to be included in Cambridge Open Option. Papers will continue to be made available in both print and online versions; the only difference is that Open Access articles will be freely available to readers online.

All Cambridge asks in order to provide this service is that the author, or their institution or funding body, pays a fee to cover costs associated with the publication process, from peer review of the submitted manuscript, through the copy-editing and typesetting, to online-hosting of the definitive version of the published article.

If colour is to be included in the printed version, a separate colour charge may apply; please see individual journal instructions for contributors.

The single Open Access publishing charge will ensure permanent archiving by both Cambridge University Press and the author, and allows anyone else to view, search, download or archive for personal and non-commercial use. The only condition for this is that the author and original source are properly acknowledged.

1. Which journals are included in the initiative?

A large number of titles spanning a wide range of disciplines are included in the collection. If the Journal you are interested in is not listed below please contact the Editor, as other Journals may be able to offer Cambridge Open Option.

animal
Acta Numerica
Ageing & Society
AI EDAM
Ancient Mesoamerica
Anglo-Saxon England
Animal Health Research Reviews
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
Applied Psycholinguistics
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
Archaeological Dialogues
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
British Journal of Nutrition
Biofilms
British Journal of Music Education
British Journal of Political Science
Bulletin of Entomological Research
Cambridge Opera Journal
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Cardiology in the Young
Contemporary European History
Continuity and Change
Development and Psychopathology
Early Music History
Econometric Theory
Economics and Philosophy
Eighteenth-Century Music
English Language and Linguistics
English Profile Journal
English Today
Environment and Development Economics
Epidemiology and Infection
Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
European Journal of Applied Mathematics
Experimental Agriculture
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review
Foreign Policy Bulletin
Genetics Research
Geological Magazine
Health Economics, Policy and Law
The Historical Journal
International Journal of Asian Studies
International Journal of Astrobiology
International Journal of Law in Context
International Journal of Middle East Studies
International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
International Psychogeriatrics
International Theory
Japanese Journal of Political Science
The Journal of African History
Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal of American Studies
Journal of Biosocial Science
Journal of Child Language
Journal of Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Journal of French Language Studies
Journal of Functional Programming
Journal of Helminthology
Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu
Journal of Latin American Studies
Journal of Linguistics
The Journal of Modern African Studies
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
Journal of Plasma Physics
Journal of Public Policy
Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice
Journal of Social Policy
Journal of Tropical Ecology
The Knowledge Engineering Review
Language in Society
Language Teaching
Language Variation and Change
Laser and Particle Beams
Legal Theory
Macroeconomic Dynamics
Mathematical Structures in Computer Science
Modern Asian Studies
Modern Intellectual History
Natural Language Engineering
Neuron Glia Biology
New Testament Studies
New Theatre Quarterly
Organised Sound
Palliative & Supportive Care
Parasitology
Phonology
Plainsong & Medieval Music
Polar Record
Popular Music
Primary Health Care Research & Development
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology
Psychological Medicine
Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics
Religious Studies
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology
Robotica
Rural History
Science in Context
Seed Science Research
Social Policy and Society
Studies in American Political Development
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Tempo
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
Twentieth-Century Music
Urban History
Utilitas
Victorian Literature and Culture
Visual Neuroscience
Zygote

2. What is the charge?

The charge that will be applied for each article is £1500 / $2700. This is calculated in order to cover the costs associated with the publication process, from peer review of the submitted manuscript, through copy-editing and typesetting, to online-hosting of the definitive version of the published article. The costs associated with producing printed issues are not included.

3. When do I have to decide to make my article Open Access?

You may make this decision at any time before instance of first publication (FirstView; print); we ask only that you inform the Editor of the journal at the time your article is accepted. You will be given this option at that time.

4. How will readers know which articles are Open Access?

In the tables of contents in the online and print versions of the journal each Open Access article is clearly labelled as such. Readers need only click the link to gain full access.

5. Do other charges (page, colour) apply in addition to the OA charge?

These charges apply only for the printed issues, depending on whether or not the journal applies them.

6. How will the Open Access articles affect subscription prices?

The Cambridge Open Option is an ongoing experiment, to test the interest of our authors in adopting the Open Access publishing model. The uptake will be monitored and future subscription prices will be modified to take into account the level of interest and uptake in this model.

Open Access Glossary

Accepted Manuscript

The version of an article that has been accepted for publication.  The manuscript has been submitted, peer reviewed and revised, and represents the final version as prepared by the author.  Changes may be made subsequently by the publisher by copy-editing, typesetting and proofing before the definitive Version of Record is published.

AGORA

Set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, AGORA enables developing countries to gain access to a collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. 1278 journals are available to institutions in 107 countries. Cambridge participates in AGORA.  http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of other creators.  http://creativecommons.org/

Free Access

An article (or chapter, data, or other source of information) is described as being published as Free Access when there is no charge to the user, either by subscription, one-off payment to view or other toll.  The copyright-holder retains the rights to grant permissions for re-use and re-publishing if requested.  Free Access can be permanent or temporary.  Free Access differs from Open Access by generally restricting terms of re-use to those applied normally by the copyright holder.

Gold Open Access

Also known as Open Access Publishing, ‘Gold’ Open Access is the route by which research content is made available as Open Access in a journal on payment of a one-off charge.  The article that is made available is the definitive, published Version of Record (commonly, in PDF or HTML format) and is freely available to everyone to read, and use under the terms of Open Access.

Green Open Access

Also known as Open Access Archiving, ‘Green’ Open Access is the route by which research content is made available as Open Access by being deposited in a Repository.  The article that is made available is the author’s Accepted Manuscript, which is freely available to everyone to read, and use under the terms of Open Access.

HINARI

Set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain online access to collections of biomedical and health literature at low or no cost. Over 7,000 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 109 countries.  Cambridge participates in HINARI.  http://www.who.int/hinari/en/

INASP

The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications was established by the International Council for Science to ‘improve and support networking, accessing, sharing, and publishing of information in developing and transitional countries’.  http://www.inasp.info/

Mandate

A requirement by an Institution, funding agency or other body that applies to the published work of an author.  In the terms of Open Access, mandates normally require an author to deposit a copy of either the Accepted Manuscript or the definitive, published Version of Record in a Repository in order to make that version freely available as Open Access. 

OARE

Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE) is an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, OARE enables developing countries to gain access to collections of environmental science research. Approximately 3,000 peer-reviewed titles are now available in more than 100 low-income countries. Cambridge participates in OARE.  http://www.oaresciences.org/en/

Open Access

An article (or chapter, data, or other source of information) is described as being published as Open Access when there is no charge to the user, either by subscription, one-off payment to view or other toll.  In addition, Open Access confers to the user rights that can include re-use and re-publishing as long as the original source is acknowledged and cited.  Open Access is permanent.  Open Access differs from Free Access by generally allowing the content to be re-used without permission.

Open Access Archiving

Also known as ‘Green’ Open Access, Open Access Archiving is the route by which research content is made available as Open Access by being deposited in a Repository.  The article that is made available is the author’s Accepted Manuscript, which is freely available to everyone to read, and use under the terms of Open Access.

Open Access Publishing

Also known as ‘Gold’ Open Access, Open Access Publishing is the route by which research content is made available as Open Access in a journal on payment of a one-off charge.  The article that is made available is the definitive, published Version of Record (commonly, in PDF or HTML format) and is freely available to everyone to read, and use under the terms of Open Access.

PubMed Central (PMC)

Repository of the National Institutes of Health.  All researchers who are funded by the NIH are required to deposit a copy of any paper that results from a grant in PMC, within 12 months of publication.  The version that must be deposited can be either the author’s Accepted Manuscript or the publisher’s Version of Record.  Cambridge University Press allows authors to deposit the Accepted Manuscript immediately on acceptance and the Version of Record 12 months after publication, and thus complies with the Mandate of the NIH.

Repository

A database of content that contains, among other things, copies of the research output of authors.  Repositories can be institution-based (representing the broad output of an institution), subject-based (representing the output of specific or related subjects), funder-based (representing the output of a funding agency, such as the NIH) or national (representing the output of a country or geographical region).  Repositories can hold information as copies of manuscripts, published articles or metadata of these.

Research4Life

Research4Life is the collective name for three initiatives - HINARI, AGORA and OARE - providing developing countries with free or low-cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content online.

SHERPA/JULIET

A database of funding agency and institutional policies on Open Access, maintained by the University of Nottingham, UK.  http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/

SHERPA/RoMEO

A database of publisher copyright policies on Open Access, maintained by the University of Nottingham, UK.  http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/

Version of Record

The version of an article that is published in its final format, and serves as the definitive version.  It includes changes that may be made to the author’s Accepted Manuscript by copy-editing, typesetting and proofing before publication. 

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