Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 74.69
Liaison Tess Esposito
Submission Date Feb. 9, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Dayton
AC-11: Open Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00
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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://ecommons.udayton.edu/

A brief description of the open access repository:
The University of Dayton institutional repository (eCommons) encourages the open archiving of research, data, peer-reviewed publications, books, creative works and university documents in order to advance knowledge and ensure progress on strategic institutional initiatives including sustainability, diversity, inclusivity and accessibility.

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:
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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:
The University of Dayton had an APC fund from 2013 to 2021; it is on hiatus as of August 2021 as the University experiences a period of financial austerity.

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:
The University hosts five open-access journals and provides a range of support for each: editorial assistance; management of peer review; layout and production; training; and marketing of new content via blogs, email and social media. Among them are Marian Studies, an international journal of the study of the Blessed Virgin Mary with almost 250,000 downloads; the national communication journal Basic Communication Course Annual with more than 138,000 downloads; and Line by Line, an undergraduate writing journal with more than 60,000 downloads.

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:
10

Website URL where information about the institution’s support for open access is available:
https://www.udayton.edu/libraries/research/ecommons.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
At the time of this writing (August 2021), eCommons had more than 38,000 items: scholarly works from every academic unit; master's theses; doctoral dissertations; institutional documents and records; 65 years' worth of news releases; back issues of university publications; archival materials; rare books; 360-degree photographs of geology samples; biological data collections; abstracts from a prominent human rights conference; and a range of scholarly content from other conferences hosted at the university.
Browse readership here: https://dashboard.bepress.com/?dashboardToken=612d3d20eb2ce9742aca81ecUmALMJSJ6Q9WpVcTZXxsBNXeRknrkeEe5ovBJO7G

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