WHO

Funder Information

Funder Name
World Health Organization (WHO) [English]
URL
http://www.who.int/ [English]
Identifiers
FundRef DOI: 10.13039/100004423
Country
Switzerland
Group Memberships
Europe PMC Funders' Group (Europe PMC Group)

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
WHO requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
Author's final version
When to archive
At the earliest possible opportunity
Permitted Embargo
12 months
Where to archive
Named repository
Named Repositories
Europe PMC http://europepmc.org/ (Required)

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
WHO requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
  • as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Alternative)
  • in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Alternative)
Conditions
Costs of open access publishing should be included in funding applications

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 July 2014
Earlier compliance encouraged.
Yes
Application scope
  • Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
  • Applies to work conducted using funder's facilities
Special Conditions
  • Applies to all research and review articles or book chapters published in non-WHO publications
  • Authors may comply by publishing in an open access journal, a hybrid open access journal or self-archving after 12 months
  • All open access journal publications must have a Creative Commons Attribution License
  • All open access book chapters must have a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
  • Publishers must deposit open access articles in PubMed Central/Europe PubMed Central immediately upon publication
Policy Links

Encourages Open Data Archiving

Requirement
WHO encourages Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
Research Data
When to archive
Not specified
Where to archive
Special Conditions
WHO encourages, where possible, any research data relating to WHO-funded work that is published in peer-reviewed journals, to be made publicly accessible.
Policy links
oes the policy apply to related research data? [Statement]: http://www.who.int/about/open-access-faq/en/index1.html

System Metadata

ID
903
Date Created
25 June 2014 11:21:00 UTC
Last Modified
17 May 2017 14:02:13 UTC
URI
http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/903
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