REF CCComplianceYesNoUnknownEmbargo length (months)REF panelREF Main Panel A or BREF Main Panel C or DDate of acceptanceDate of first online publicationDate of first compliant depositVersion of first compliant depositAuthor Accepted ManuscriptVersion of RecordDate of first compliant Open AccessDeposit exception
ExplanationAccess exception
39. The following exceptions deal with cases where deposit of the output is possible,
but there are issues to do with meeting the access requirements. In the following cases,
the output will still be required to meet the deposit and discovery requirements, but not
the access requirements. A closed-access deposit will be required, and the open access
requirements should be met as soon as possible.
a. The output depends on the reproduction of third party content for which open
access rights could not be granted (either within the specified timescales, or at all).
b. The publication concerned requires an embargo period that exceeds the
stated maxima, and was the most appropriate publication for the output.
c. The publication concerned actively disallows open-access deposit in a
repository, and was the most appropriate publication for the output.
ExplanationTechnical exception
40. The following exceptions deal with cases where an output is unable to meet the
criteria due to a technical issue. In the following cases, the output will not be required to
meet the open access criteria. We would strongly urge HEIs to ensure the criteria are
met retroactively, as soon as possible and no later than the REF submission point.
a. At the point of acceptance, the individual whose output is being submitted to
the REF was at a different UK HEI which failed to comply with the criteria.
b. The repository experienced a short-term or transient technical failure that
prevented compliance with the criteria (this should not apply to systemic issues).
c. An external service provider failure prevented compliance (for instance, a
subject repository did not enable open access at the end of the embargo period, or
a subject repository ceased to operate).
ExplanationOther exception
41. In very exceptional cases, it may not be possible for an output to meet the open
access requirements set out by this policy for a reason not covered by the exceptions
listed above. We will require a short written explanation for why the output could not meet
the open access requirements at the point of submission to the REF. We expect that
such cases should be extremely rare. We will establish the process for considering them
as part of our more detailed work to develop the post-2014 REF.
ExplanationCongratulations, this item complies with the Open Access policySorry, this item does not comply with the Open Access policyExceptions ()
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No exceptions.Data used to check compliance?REF ComplianceDate of acceptance: 2015Exceptions Used (Date of acceptance: 2015)