Guides and reports

Open access guides

• An essential guide to open access for Wellcome Trust-funded authors [PDF 208KB]
• Authors’ FAQs
• 200 frequently used journals: summary of 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 (2011) [PDF 109KB]

Reports

• “Heading for the open road” (April 2011)
  A new 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]