How can I deal with the process of peer review? What is open
access? How has scholarly publishing changed? Hear from leading University of
Queensland academics sharing their experiences of academic publishing.
Many grant-making bodies expect the peer-reviewed outputs
of research they fund to be made freely available, usually within a given time
frame. This is their way of ensuring the widest possible dissemination of the
research they fund.
Scientific results should be made freely available to the public within six
months of first publication, according to Sir Mark Walport, the director of the
Wellcome Trust.
The UQ
Graduate School Thesis preparation page defines the thesis types that
include publications, such as submitting a thesis entirely comprised of
publications and submitting a thesis partly comprised of publications.
Elsevier has announced that it has withdrawn its support for the US Research
Works Act (HR 3699). In their announcement they explain: We are ready and
willing to work constructively and cooperatively to continue to promote free
and low-cost public access through a variety of means, as we have with research
funders and other partners around the world.
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