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Bei manchen Verlagen ist die Anzahl der unterstützten Artikel begrenzt. Nach der Ausschöpfung des Kontingents muss die Finanzierung selbstständig organisiert, oder unter Verzicht auf die Open-Access-Option des Verlags auf Green-Open-Access (auf edoc.unibas.ch via Uni Basel Forschungsdatenbank) ausgewichen werden.

AAAS - Science Advances: 15%

Als Mitglied des GASCO-Konsortiums bietet die Universität Basel ihren Angehörigen einen Rabatt von 15% auf die Article Processing Charges in Science Advances. AAAS Members erhalten zusätzlich einen Rabatt von 4%.

Vorgehensweise: Der Rabatt wird bei der Zahlung der Publikationsgebühr abgezogen (Apply discount -> Affiliation discount). AAAS Members müssen zusätzlich ihre "Member number" unter "Membership discount" eingeben.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): 100%
ab 2022

Dank eines "ACM Open"-Vertrags werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in den Zeitschriften und Conference Proceedings der ACM Digital Library frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen. Dies gilt für Artikel, die ab 1.1.2022 publiziert werden.im "Open ACM Open Rights Form".
Um der Vereinbarung zugewiesen zu werden, verwenden Sie Ihre @unibas.chMail und wählen Sie Institutionally Paid Open Accesswenden.
Für nachträgliche Zuweisungen von Artikeln unter den Vertrag können Sie sich anopenaccess@unibas.ch

American Chemical Society (ACS): 40% - 100% ab 2023

Bei Artikeln, deren Forschung nicht vom SNF gefördert wird, können Corresponding Authors der Universität und des Universitätsspitals Basel in den "transformative" (Hybrid Open Access) und "fully open access" (Gold Open Access) Journals kostenlos die Option Open Access wählen: Titelliste. Das Artikelkontingent ist begrenzt und reicht voraussichtlich bis Ende Jahr. Nach Ablauf des Kontingents gilt eine reduzierte APC von $ 3'000.

Bei Artikeln, deren Forschung vom SNF gefördert wird, werden die APCs für "fully open access" vom SNF übernommen. Bei einer Veröffentlichung in einem "transformative journal" (Hybrid Open Access) muss die APC von $ 3'000 jedoch selbst finanziert werden. Kein Rabatt bei ACS Omega. Weitere Informationen von ACS

Update Oktober 2023: Das limitierte Open-Access-Publikationskontingent ist ausgeschöpft, ein neues Kontingent steht ab 2024 zur Verfügung.

American Institute of Physics: 100%

Dank eines "Read&Publish"-Vertrags werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in diesen subskriptionsbasierten (hybriden) Zeitschriften des Verlags und in den AIP Conference Proceedings frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen. Dies gilt für Artikel, die ab 1.1.2022 akzeptiert wurden. Die Anzahl berechtigter Artikel ist limitiert. Vorgehensweise siehe Anleitung . Zudem wird ab 2022 der Zugang auf alle Zeitschriften des Verlags und die Conference Proceedings erweitert.

Biochemical Society/Portland Press: 15%

Autoren der Universität Basel profitieren von diesem Rabatt in allen Zeitschriften von Portland Press. Weitere Informationen: Portland Press - Open Access Policy

BioMed Central (BMC): 15%

Die Zugehörigkeit der Autoren zur Universität Basel wird bei der Manuskripteinreichung automatisch aufgrund ihrer IP Range erkannt. Weitere Informationen: Membership University of Basel

British Medical Journal (BMJ): 25%

Autoren der Universität Basel profitieren von diesem Rabatt in allen BMJ-Zeitschriften mit Open-Access-Option. Weitere Informationen: Institutional Membership - Open Access Programme

Vorgehensweise: E-Mail-Adresse @unibas.ch verwenden.

Spezialfall Zeitschrift BMJ Case Reports: Die Universität Basel hat eine Institutional Fellowship. Angehörige Corresponding Authors müssen nicht selber individuelle Fellows werden. Der institutionelle Fellowship Code kann bei der Universitätsbibliothek angefragt werden.

Cambridge University Press: 100%

Gilt für Zeitschriften mit Hybrid Open Access und Gold Open Access: Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften. Die Option wird den Korrespondenzautoren/innen aus der Universität und den Universitätsspitälern Basel im Verlaufe des Publikationsvorgangs angezeigt. Weitere Informationen ...

Cogitatio Press: 100%

Hauptautoren ("corresponding authors") aus der Universität Basel müssen keine Publikationsgebühr zahlen für die Veröffentlichung von Artikeln in den Zeitschriften des Verlags

Vorgehensweise: Bei der Einreichung des Manuskriptes (Ersteinreichung ab 1.1.2020) prüft der Verlag die Zugehörigkeit zur Universität Basel auf der Basis der E-Mail-Adresse @unibas.ch.

The Company of Biologists: 100%

Dank einem "Read&Publish"-Vertrag werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in allen Zeitschriften (Hybrid- und Gold-OA) des Verlags frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen. Die Regelung gilt für Artikel, die ab 1.1.2022 akzeptiert wurden ( Anleitung). Gilt nicht für Review-Artikel.

De Gruyter: 90%

Autoren/innen der Universität Basel bezahlen nur 10% der APC in den abonnierten Hybrid-Open-Access Zeitschriften des Verlags und erhalten eine entsprechend reduzierte Rechnung. Das Publikationsportal Rights Link weist nach der Annahme des Manuskripts auf den Rabatt hin. Um diesen anzuwenden, muss die Institution Uni Basel aus einer Dropdown-Liste ausgewählt werden. Kontaktieren Sie openaccess@clutterunibas.ch, wenn Sie der Meinung sind berechtigt zu sein, bevor Sie die nicht reduzierte APC bezahlen.

Elsevier: 100%

Autoren/innen aus Schweizer Hochschulen, die einen Artikel bei einer Zeitschrift des Verlags Elsevier ab 1.1.2020 einreichen, können kostenlos die Option " Gold Open Access" wählen. Die UB empfiehlt Ihnen, dies zu tun und die Variante CC BY 4.0 zu wählen. Ein entsprechender Hinweis "I do not have to pay an APC. ... the agreement between Elsevier and Swiss institutions will cover the APC." wird im Verlaufe des Publikationsvorgangs angezeigt ( Anleitung). Voraussetzung ist die Angabe von "University of Basel" oder "University Hospital Basel" in der Autorenadresse. Ausgenommen sind die Zeitschriften von Cell Press, The Lancet... und diverse im Auftrag von Fachgesellschaften publizierte Titel ( Liste der berechtigten Zeitschriften). Das Kontingent der 2020 - 2022 eingereichten Publikationen ist begrenzt, reicht aber voraussichtlich aus ( Update). Ab "submission date" 2023 ist die Anzahl der berechtigten Artikel unbegrenzt. Verlagsinformationen zum Workflow und Titellisten.

Frontiers: 0%

Die Universität Basel ist am Schweizer Konsortialabkommen mit Frontiers nicht beteiligt. Es gibt daher von Seiten der Universität keine zentrale Finanzierung der APC.

IEEE: 100%

Dank eines "Read&Publish"-Vertrags werden für die Artikel von Corresponding Authors aus der Universität Basel in den Fully OA Topical Journals ( Gold OA) von IEEE keine "Article Processing Charges" erhoben. Keine Vergünstigungen werden für OA-Gebühren der subskriptionsbasierten Zeitschriften und der Konferenzberichte des Verlags gewährt (Hybrid OA). Dies gilt für Artikel, die ab 1.1.2022 akzeptiert wurden.
Um der Vereinbarung zugewiesen zu werden, verwenden Sie Ihre @unibas.chMail und wählen Sie University of Basel aus der Dropdown-Liste im Publikationsportal. Die Anzahl berechtigter Artikel ist limitiert.

Institute of Physics: 100%

Dank eines "Read&Publish"-Vertrags werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in den subskriptionsbasierten Zeitschriften des Verlags frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen (Hybrid Open Access). Diese Gebühren entfallen auch bei den Gold-Open-Access-Zeitschriften des Verlags. Dies gilt für ab 1.1.2022 von diesen Zeitschriften akzeptierten Manuskripte. Workflow & Guide

Karger: 100%

Vorgehensweise: Füllen Sie bei der Einreichung des Artikels die Angaben unter "Open Access Agreements" aus. Voraussetzung ist die Angabe von "University Basel" oder "University Hospital Basel" in der Autorenadresse. Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften

LWW: 100%

Dank eines "Read&Publish"-Vertrags werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in den subskriptionsbasierten Zeitschriften des Verlags frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen (Hybrid Open Access). Dies gilt für Artikel, die ab 1.1.2022 akzeptiert wurden. Die Anzahl berechtigter Artikel ist limitiert. Teilnehmende Zeitschriften

MDPI: 20%

Um von dieser Regelung zu profitieren, wählen Autoren nach Einreichung ihres Manuskripts die Universität Basel aus der Liste der Institutionen ("Institute"), die eine Membership bei MDPI haben, und bestätigen hiermit ihre Affiliation. Weitere Informationen: Institutional Members

Nature Research Journals: 100% ab 2023

Bei Artikeln von Corresponding Authors der Universität und dem Universitätsspital Basel in den Hybrid-OA Nature Research Journals (Nature und alle Titel, die mit Nature beginnen ausser Nature Reviews, Nature Protocols, Nature Communications) kann ohne Bezahlung einer APC die Option Open Access wahrgenommen werden. Dies umfasst die ab 1.1.2023 im Approval Portal akzeptierten Artikel. Allerdings ist das schweizweite Artikelkontingent des von swissuniversities ausgehandelten und von den teilnehmenden Hochschulen bezahlten Vertrags begrenzt und reicht voraussichtlich nur bis Anfang Mai. Verlagsinformationen, swissuniversities

Nucleic Acids Research (NAR): 10%

Die institutionelle Mitgliedschaft mit 50% Rabatt ist sistiert.

Oxford University Press: 100% ab 2023

Alle Zeitschriften des Verlags sind im Rechnernetz der Universität zugänglich, von den aktuellen Artikeln bis zurück zur ersten Ausgabe. Ab 1.1.2023 ( acceptance date) wird das OA-Publizieren in den subskriptionsbasierten (hybriden) Zeitschriften des Verlags über einen Read&Publish-Vertrag finanziert. Weitere Informationen für Autoren sowie Liste der berechtigten Zeitschriften . 10% Rabatt auf APC in "fully open access journals".

!!! Bezahlen Sie auf keinen Fall eine APC-Rechnung, wenn Sie der Meinung sind, dass der Artikel berechtigt ist, selbst wenn Sie eine ausgelöst haben. Eine Rückerstattung ist nicht möglich. Hingegen werden "page charges" und optionale "colour in print charges" vom Vertrag nicht abgedeckt und müssen bezahlt werden. Das automatisierte Zuordnungssystem wird von OUP erst in nächster Zeit eingeführt. Kontaktieren Sie um die Zuweisung des Artikels manuell vorzunehmen.

PLOS Journals: 0%

Die Universität Basel ist am Schweizer Konsortialabkommen mit Public Library of Science nicht beteiligt. Es gibt daher von Seiten der Universität keine zentrale Finanzierung der APC.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)

Autoren der Universität Basel zahlen USD 4'995 statt USD 5'495 für Immediate Open Access. Vorgehensweise: Es gibt kein automatisches System, welches Autoren erkennt, deren Institution eine site license hat. Dies muss beim Ausfüllen zur Rechnungslegung angegeben werden.

Royal Society 25%

Der Rabatt gilt für alle Journals des Verlags (hybrid and full open access). Weitere Informationen: Open Access Publishing und Open Access Membership.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC): 100%

Dank einem "Read&Publish"-Vertrag werden die Artikel aus der Universität Basel in den subskriptionsbasierten (hybriden) Zeitschriften des Verlags frei zugänglich gemacht, ohne dass die Korrespondenzautoren "Article Processing Charges" dafür bezahlen müssen. Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften
Vorgehensweise: Instructions

SAGE: 100%

100% für Zeitschriften mit Hybrid Open Access und ab 2023 auch mit Gold Open Access. Weitere Informationen und Zeitschriftenlisten.

SCOAP3: 100%

Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics. Verschiedene Verlage. Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften

Springer: 15% - 100%

Hybrid OA Springer Open Choice (100%): Autorinnen und Autoren der Universität Basel und der assoziierten Universitätsspitäler, die ein Manuskript einreichen, werden auf Grund ihrer Affiliation, ihrer Mail-Adresse und des IP-Bereichs erkannt und sehen die Mitteilung "Special open access agreement". Sie können und sollen die kostenlose Option "Open Access" wählen. Dies umfasst die ab 1.7.2020 akzeptierten Artikel in den Zeitschriften der Plattform Springer LINK mit der Option "Open Choice". Die Quote der berechtigten Artikel ist begrenzt, wird aber voraussichtlich knapp ausreichen ( Update). Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften. Weitere Informationen, Zeitschriftenliste und "Guide for authors" von Springer.

Gold OA SpringerOpen (15%): Membership University of Basel
Vorgehensweise: Die Zugehörigkeit der Autoren zur Universität Basel wird bei der Manuskripteinreichung automatisch aufgrund ihrer IP-Range erkannt.

Taylor & Francis: 100%

Gilt für Zeitschriften mit Hybrid Open Access und Gold Open Access. Ausgenommen sind die "Premier Tier 2 Journals". Liste der teilnehmenden Zeitschriften . Die Option wird den Korrespondenzauteren/innen aus der Universität und den Universitätsspitälern Basel im Verlaufe des Publikationsvorgangs angezeigt. Das Kontingent der berechtigten Artikel ist begrenzt. Weitere Informationen auf der Verlagswebseite.

Wiley: 100%

Hybrid Open Access (100%): Autorinnen und Autoren der Universität Basel und der assoziierten Universitätsspitäler, die ein Manuskript einreichen, können während des Publikationsvorgangs unter „Funder Agreements and Payments" die kostenlose Open Access Option wählen, wenn sie institutionelle E-Mail Adresse nutzen und die Universität Basel als Institution auswählen. Dies umfasst die ab 1. Mai 2021 akzeptierten Artikel in den Hybrid-Open-Access-Zeitschriften des Verlags.

Update Oktober 2023: Das limitierte Open-Access-Publikationskontingent ist ausgeschöpft, ein neues Kontingent steht ab 2024 zur Verfügung.

Gold-Open-Access Zeitschriften: zur Zeit kein Rabatt.
Mehrere Zeitschriften wechseln 2023 und 2024 zum Gold-Open-Access Modell. Die APC ist nach dem Wechsel nicht mehr durch den Vertrag abgedeckt und muss anderweitig finanziert werden.

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Do you receive funding for your research from the SNSF? If so, you are obliged to make the resulting publications available to third parties free of charge. Research results funded with public money belong to the public. Free digital access is good for science, the economy and society as a whole. And it will make your work more visible and more impactful. Apply to the SNSF for an open access publication grant now.

Information on the pilot project with ChronosHub can be found here.

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In order to make the settlement of publication fees, the so-called APCs, even easier, the SNSF is entering into a pilot partnership with the service provider ChronosHub. From now on, researchers can publish their articles using its platform. In the case of an OA-only journal, payment of the fees is arranged directly without the researchers having to submit an application to the SNSF.

As before, no costs are covered for hybrid journals that contain both freely accessible articles and articles that are subject to a charge. For
researchers publishing in such journals, ChronosHub indicates whether the fees are covered by a national agreement with the research institutions.

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Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations. Plan S requires that, from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms.

10 Principles

With effect from 2021, all scholarly publications on the results from research funded by public or private grants provided by national, regional, and international research councils and funding bodies, must be published in Open Access Journals, on Open Access Platforms, or made immediately available through Open Access Repositories without embargo.

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Open Access benefits everyone. Retain your rights. It’s good for you, for science, and for society The Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) enables authors to exercise the rights they have on their manuscripts to deposit a copy of the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) in a repository on publication a…

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Representing a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship, OASPA works to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs.

We are committed to our mission of developing and disseminating solutions that advance open access and ensure a diverse, vibrant, and healthy open access community.

We apply rigorous criteria and in-depth review to all members who must then continue to exemplify high standards to remain part of OASPA.

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The text is published in a subscription-based journal, as a closed-access book or as a book chapter in a closed-access anthology. An identical version of the publication is additionally made publicly available in a repository at a later date. This model is known as the  .

Usually, publishers include a clause in their agreement obliging the authors to agree to an embargo period of several months before granting open access to the publication. A specific version of the manuscript (e.g. pre-print, author's accepted manuscript, version of record) is defined in the agreement along with the properties of the database (repository) chosen to store the publication in.

How can the open access requirement be met via the green road?

For applications submitted from 1 January 2023: Embargos are no longer permissible for articles, and they are limited to a maximum of 12 months for books and book chapters

For applications submitted prior to 1 January 2023: Embargo period of a maximum of 6 months for articles, and 12 months for books and book chapters

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Availability in an institutional or discipline-specific repository, i.e. unrestricted access without any need for registration; permanent, free access to the publications.

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Already apply the Rights Retention Strategy when submitting an article, to secure the rights to your own work while ensuring that the SNSF's OA obligation is met

Insert the following standard statement when submitting an article, e.g. in the acknowledgements field: "This research was funded in whole or in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [Grant number]. For the purpose of Open Access, a CC BY public copyright licence is applied to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission."

As soon as the AAM becomes available, upload it to a repository (no embargo; OA immediately effective).

Pre-print versions only meet the OA requirement if their content is brought into line with the 'author's accepted manuscript'.

Choosing a repository

A repository needs to ensure that the publications remain freely accessible in the long term and that they are discoverable by frequently used search engines.

It is not sufficient to upload texts onto private or institutional websites. Neither type of website guarantees long-term availability and the texts are not as visible as they should be.

It is not sufficient to upload to academic social networks (e.g. Researchgate or Academia.edu). Users need to register, and therefore access is not free and visibility is limited.

The open access requirement of the SNSF is met when publications are made available in

institutional repositories, which often assist researchers with the upload (see list)

disciplinary or general repositories, such as arxiv.org, PubMed, Europe PMC or zenodo, provided the content corresponds at least to the 'author's accepted manuscript' stage

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Immediate Open Access without restrictions - changes as of 1 January 2023

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Guides for Researchers

How to deal with sensitive data

Learn how to preserve your sensitive data safely

What is Sensitive data

What is the best way of managing access to sensitive data? This is not a straightforward question as it involves ethical, legal and technical issues to be tackled. This guide will help you on your way to preserve your sensitive data safely. It explains the different types of sensitive data, how to prepare them for storage and the possible cost involved in the process.

What is Sensitive data

Sensitive data is data that must be protected against unwanted disclosure. Access to sensitive data should be safeguarded. Protection of sensitive data may be required for legal or ethical reasons, for issues pertaining to personal privacy, or for proprietary considerations.

Examples of sensitive data are:

Personal data: identifiers such as names or identification numbers, physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social characteristics, it also includes location data from GPS or mobile phones

Confidential data: trade secrets, investigations,data protected by intellectual property rights Security: passwords, financial information, national safety, military information...

Combination of different datasets that can be combined into sensitive or personal data

Biological data: endangered (plant or animal) species, where their survival is dependent on the protection of their location data (biodiversity community)

Personal and sensitive metadata

When handling and dealing with sensitive data, keep in mind that special attention should be given to collecting, processing, handling and storing data throughout the research process. In particular research data that contains personal data with which a living person can, directly or indirectly, be identified has to be handled with care. This concerns both textual data and image and sound data. Examples of direct data are someone's name and address, but it could also be a photo or an interview. An indirect fact is, for example, someone's employer. For personal data fully informed consent should be given for collecting, processing and storing data.

How to prepare sensitive data for storage and sharing?

When storing sensitive data, the first concern is to find a good security strategy for your type of data.

Sensitive data can still meet the requirements of the FAIR Data Principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) and be processed in a way that the needed protection is guaranteed also in the future.
Anonymization

Anonymization irreversibly destroys any way of identifying the data subject. Personal data that has been rendered anonymous in such a way that the individual is not or no longer identifiable is no longer considered personal data. For data to be truly anonymised, the anonymisation must be irreversible.

OpenAIRE provides researchers with a tool to anonymise data: Amnesia. The guide for which you can find here.

Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization substitutes the identity of the data subject in such a way that additional information is required to re-identify the data subject. The pseudonym allows tracking back of data to its origins, which distinguishes pseudonymization from anonymization, where all person-related data that could allow backtracking has been purged. Pseudonymised data are still legally considered as sensitive data because the data can be linked back to a person, but it's considered as a secure approach since personal identifiers are stored somewhere else.
Encryption
Encryption is a very generic term and there are many ways to encrypt data. The key to a good encryption strategy is using strong encryption and proper key management. Encrypt sensitive data before it is shared. Encryption will make your data totally unintelligible to those who may try to access it which might reduce re-usability.

In case none of these options are available for your dataset, data should not be made open and be archived under a closed license in a Trustworthy Repository. You can however publish a description (i.e.public metadata) of your data without making the data itself openly accessible, which enables you to place conditions around access to the data.

There are other approaches to sharing sensitive data too:

Information professional: is someone who collects, records, organises, stores, preserves, retrieves, and disseminates printed or digital information.

Data access committees: A committee that reviews and authorizes applications for data access and use.

Safe havens: provide access to data and services to enable research while protecting the confidentiality of the data.

Institutional data archives/vault: safe, private, store of data that is only accessible by the data creator or their representative.

Storing sensitive data

To make sure your data is archived securely you should look for a Trustworthy Repository.
If possible choose a certified repository that matches the needs of your data regarding file formats, access and licensing. Look for a repository that provides a persistent and globally unique identifier, guidance on data citation and clear information on costs (if any). re3data and FAIRsharing can give you information on what data repositories provide in terms of information, access, licensing, persistent identifiers, policy and certificates and standards.

In case you are archiving sensitive data you should always go for a restricted license or closed access ( How do I license my research data?). You should also keep in mind that it is not always necessary to keep all your data. What you need to store will likely depend on criteria such as their uniqueness, long-term value, reuse potential and the necessary to validate results in publications.

When archiving your research data keep in mind to describe it with metadata so it can be findable for other researchers. Make sure the repository you've selected supports the metadata standards you are using for your data. You can find further information on metadata for research data here: What is metadata.

Remember that it can also be useful to store consent forms to the data, with restricted or closed access.

Costs

The cost related to open access to research data are eligible as part of the Horizon 2020 grant - refer to your Grant Agreement conditions.

For further information, see our guide on cost in research data management.

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Guides for Researchers - How to deal with sensitive data: Learn how to preserve your sensitive data safely by Emilie Hermans and Olivia Kaiser

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Open Science, Open Access & Research Data Management

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Open Science, Open Access & Research Data Management

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Open Science as a component of good scientific practice

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The University of Basel therefore offers its members infrastructures, consulting and training services as well as financial support in the areas of Open Access and research data management.

Open Access (OA)

The University of Basel is a co-signatory of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. In this sense, it has been pursuing the goal of achieving open access to scientific publications with its OA policy and supporting services since 2013. At the end of 2019, the OA policy of the University of Basel was adapted to the current framework conditions and an OA publication fund was additionally established. Within the framework of a pilot project (2020-2024), financial resources will be made available to researchers to publish articles in OA journals and OA anthologies. Eligible for funding are researchers at the University of Basel who do not receive corresponding funding for their peer-reviewed publications from research funders, such as the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) or EU funding programs.

The University Library of Basel offers various options for open access publications with the repository edoc, other publication platforms as well as publication discounts. It also manages the publication fund and supports researchers with advice and training in the area of open access.

Research Data Management

With the implementation of a targeted Research Data Management, the University of Basel pursues the goals of providing a basis for good scientific practice, enabling the subsequent use of research data for further research, and thus optimizing the societal benefit of research results. In this context, the University of Basel offers its members, among other things, consultations and courses on data management plans, on how to handle research data, and on how to publish them.

Who can help me create a Data Management Plan?

The Research Data Management Network publishes instructions and templates for the creation of Data Management Plans on their website, including information on local (subject specific) contacts who can help you with your questions.

Where can I find help for organizing and storing my research data?

How can I make my scientific publication freely accessible (Open Access)?

The University of Basel obliges its researchers to make their scientific publications openly accessible. There are two ways to do so:

Publish your article in a Gold Open Access Journal (publications are made available immediately, without restriction and free of charge)

Publish under Green Open Access by depositing your article on the repository edoc.

Further information on Open Access is available at the University Library.

What financial support does the University of Basel provide for publishing Open Access?

For publications that are not covered by third-party funding members of the University of Basel can apply for support from the Open Access Publication Fund.

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Open Science, Open Access & Research Data Management

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Open Science as a component of good scientific practice promotes transparency in everyday research and in this way provides an important building block for high-quality research. In addition, an optimal dissemination and visibility of the research results achieved by the members of the University of Basel can be achieved and thus the use of these for society can be improved.

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B!SON - the Open-Access journal recommender

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B!SON is an independent, open service that lets you find Open-Access journals for your publication based on title, abstract and references.

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