Open research
Open research maximises reproducibility and transparency, removes barriers to access, and accelerates progress towards new research outcomes.
The availability of materials such as data, methods, code, and software supports collaboration as well as communication, delivers more robust research, and underpins research integrity. Open research is fundamental to increasing trust in research literature.
Open research and open access (OA) publishing are among the ways we fulfil our mission to further excellence in research, scholarship, and education as part of Oxford University. We believe the best way to do this is through cooperative action in the scholarly community, working with authors, society publishing partners, institutions, and funders, to move towards an open world.
Wherever possible for our publications and those of our society partners, we initiate and support the transition to open access and open research practices, while recognizing that different subject areas and research outputs have different requirements. Our OA publications are subject to the same rigorous peer review and publication ethics processes as all the research we publish.
Engaging with the scholarly community
Oxford University Press (OUP) engages with the scholarly community to further the development of open research practices. OUP supports the following organizations and initiatives:
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association- CHORUS
- STM Research Data
- Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
- Joint Declaration on Data Citation Principles
- ORCID
- Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC)
- Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA)
- San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
Publishing open access with OUP
OUP publishes rigorously peer-reviewed, world-leading, trusted open access research, upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity. Our OA publishing is a key part of how we deliver on our mission to achieve the widest possible dissemination of high-quality research.
Our approach to OA, like all our publishing, is transparent, flexible, inclusive, and centred on working towards a sustainable future.
Find out more about the open access options available.
Funder policies and open access
Increasingly, funding bodies are implementing OA policies and mandates for their researchers. To ensure compliance, authors should check their funder’s publication requirements before submitting their research to a journal.
OUP has Read & Publish agreements in place with institutions and library consortia worldwide – with more in discussion. Find out if you qualify for OA funding through one of these Read & Publish agreements.
Find out more about complying with funder policies on open access.
Research data
The availability of research data, code, software, and other underlying research materials which are accessible, standardised, interoperable, and reusable are building blocks for transparency and reproducibility of research. As a department of the University of Oxford, it is central to OUP’s educational and scholarly mission to encourage and support the sharing of research materials to meet the needs of research communities globally. Our journal data availability policies have been adopted by over 400 of our journals.
Find out about our research data policies for journals.
