Guides and reports

Open access guides

• An essential guide to open access for Wellcome Trust-funded authors [PDF 95.94KB]
• Authors’ FAQ
• Publisher open access policies
• Open access funding: obtaining funds to pay for open access costs
• Publishers’ guide [PDF 37KB]
• Open access publishing – guidance for Wellcome Trust Centres and Major Overseas Programmes [PDF 109KB]
• Open access: CC-BY licence FAQ [PDF 40.70KB]
• Open access: Monograph and book chapter FAQ [PDF 97.3 KB]

Reports

• “Heading for the open road” (April 2011)
  A report commissioned by the Research Information Network and other funders, including the Trust. Read the press release.
• Costs and business models in scientific research publishing (2004) [PDF 639KB]
• Economic analysis of scientific research publishing (2003) [PDF 236 KB]