Macmillan Cancer Support

Funder Information

Funder Name
Macmillan Cancer Support [English]
Description
We’re here to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can, providing physical, financial and emotional support. So whatever cancer throws your way, we’re right there with you.
Funder URLs
https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
United Kingdom
Group Memberships
Association of Medical Research Charities

Encourages Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Macmillan Cancer Support encourages Open Access Archiving
What to archive
Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
Where to archive
  • Named repository
  • Any appropriate repository
Named Repositories
AMRC Open Research Platform https://amrcopenresearch.org/

Encourages Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Macmillan Cancer Support encourages Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
  • in a peer-reviewed open access journal
  • as an article with immediate paid-for open access
OA Publishing Licence
CC BY-NC-SA [applies to all]
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder

General Open Access Policy

Notes
  • Where a journal is selected as the best platform, and that journal offers an open access option, Macmillan funded authors should take it.
  • Where the open access option is available, authors should ensure that articles are published and made open access immediately, or with the shortest possible embargo period.
  • Macmillan encourages authors to licence research papers using the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) Licence so they may be freely copied and re-used.
  • Publications other than journal articles should also be published using a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) Licence.
  • Macmillan will fund the costs of publishing open access, either in journals or on open research publishing platforms
  • Macmillan is a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC).
  • The AMRC has an Open Research Platform - this funder supports the platform.
Policy Links
Macmillan Open Access Publishing Policy [Policy]: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/_images/macmillan-open-access-policy_tcm9-313358.pdf

Does not mention Open Data Archiving

Macmillan Cancer Support does not mention or has no policy for Data Archiving

Record Information

ID
1198
Date Created
1 April 2020 15:11:19 UTC
Last Modified
4 January 2022 10:48:52 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/1198
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