Open Access

Ensure your research profile remains up to date. Use Pure to self-archive your author accepted manuscript in the University repository (UBIRA).

Meet University, funder and REF requirements with self-archiving.

Deposit to Pure

You may be able to publish open access at no further cost in one of our publisher agreements.

Use our Search Tool to check if a particular journal is covered and follow the link under 'Who Pays' to view eligibility criteria and procedures.

University of Birmingham staff members and emeritus professors may apply for funding to cover article processing charges for manuscripts submitted to DOAJ-listed fully open access journals not covered by our publisher agreements.

Staff open access fee payment request form

Research England requires all published articles and proceedings submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) to be open access.

• Self-archive your final draft manuscripts in Pure immediately on acceptance to ensure compliance.
• More about the policy and how to be compliant.

The University has released a statement for Research Publications. This is to increase the visibility of research publications associated with the University and to ensure compliance with funder and REF requirements for OA. As part of this statement:

• All University of Birmingham researchers are expected to record bibliographic details in Pure for peer-reviewed publications, immediately on acceptance for publication. This applies to all types of research publication including articles, conference papers, reviews, books and chapters.
• In addition, all researchers are expected to deposit in Pure the full text of the final accepted draft manuscript (post-print) of all peer-reviewed journal articles and published conference proceedings, immediately on acceptance. Deposited manuscripts will, where possible, be made open access in UBIRA.
• The University requirement applies to all peer-reviewed publications accepted for publication from 1 May 2015 onwards. Researchers are welcome to deposit items published earlier than this, other publication types or unpublished material.

More information on the UoB Research Publications statement.

Students completing Postgraduate Research programmes at the University of Birmingham are required to submit an electronic copy of their final thesis to the University.

Information for thesis authors and steps to deposit

Thesis support in the Library