Open access and publishing your research
Open access is about making research publications (articles, books and chapters) freely available online with reduced restrictions on use and re-use.
Open access benefits researchers by helping you maximise the dissemination of your own research. It also means that the published outputs of research are available to anyone who wishes to read them.
These pages provide specific guidance on open access, including services and support provided by the Library, as well as publishing your research more generally.
Our Practical Guide covers the practices and principles underlying open access, including routes towards publication for journal articles, books and chapters, and policies set out by research funders and the University.
The Library can support staff and postgraduate researchers in publishing open access through the payment of article and book processing charges (APCs and BPCs).
The Library holds agreements with journal publishers which allow York-affiliated authors to publish open access at no additional charge.
General advice for postgraduate research students and early career researchers on factors to consider when deciding where to publish.
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a way of uniquely and permanently identifying a resource, so that it can remain findable and citable in the long term.