Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.01
Liaison Suzanne Wood
Submission Date Aug. 16, 2023

STARS v2.2

UMass Chan Medical School
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Kortni Wroten
Sustainability and Energy Manager
Facilities
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Open access repository

Does the institution offer repository hosting that makes versions of journal articles, book chapters, and other peer-reviewed scholarly works by its employees freely available on the public internet?:
Yes

Website URL where the open access repository is available:
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
eScholarship@UMassChan is a digital repository for UMass Chan Medical School's research and scholarship, including journal articles, theses, datasets and more. We welcome submissions from our faculty, researchers, staff, and students. eScholarship@UMassChan is a service of the Lamar Soutter Library, Worcester, MA, USA.

Open access policy

Does the institution have a published policy that requires its employees to publish scholarly works open access or archive final post-peer reviewed versions of scholarly works in an open access repository?:
No

A copy of the institution's open access policy:
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The institution's open access policy:
The open access policy is defined by the NIH guidelines and applied for researchers who have been granted NIH funding. https://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm

Does the policy cover the entire institution? :
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APC fund

Does the institution provide an open access article processing charge (APC) fund for employees?:
No

A brief description of the open access APC fund:
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Open access journal hosting

Does the institution provide open access journal hosting services through which peer-reviewed open access journals are hosted on local servers with dedicated staff who provide publishing support at no (or minimal) cost?:
Yes

A brief description of the open access journal hosting services:
eScholarship@UMassChan Publishing provides publishing services for open access electronic journals and electronic books produced by faculty, staff and students of the UMass Chan Medical School community. We host several open access, peer-reviewed journals in emerging or underserved disciplines. eScholarship@UMassChan Publishing is managed by the Lamar Soutter Library, Worcester, MA, USA, in support of its mission to disseminate information and research to scholars, educators and the public.

Optional Fields 

Estimated percentage of peer-reviewed scholarly works published annually by the institution’s employees that are deposited in a designated open access repository:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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