The Arthritis UK open access policy applies to:
- Original research articles published in peer-reviewed journals that acknowledge funding from Arthritis UK
It does NOT extend to:
- Editorials
- Letters
- Commissioned reviews
- Non-commissioned reviews
- Scholarly monographs Conference proceedings, or
- Book chapters
How do I comply?
To comply with Arthritis UK policy, authors should choose one of these two options:
- Self-archive their publication in Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) within six months of publication, or
- Publish in a fee-based open-access journal, apply to Arthritis UK for article processing charge support, and deposit the article in Europe PMC within six months of publication.
All in-scope outputs must acknowledge Arthritis UK as the funder and cite the Arthritis UK grant number.
Publishing open access in a journal or open research platform
Authors are recommended to publish in a journal fully covered by one of our existing publisher agreements.
Use our search tool to check if a particular journal is covered.
If your chosen fully open access journal is not covered by an agreement, apply for APC funding through the Arthritis UK Open Access form.