Worldwide Cancer Research

Funder Information

Funder Name
Worldwide Cancer Research [English]
Funder URLs
http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
United Kingdom
Public Notes
formerly Association for International Cancer Research
Group Memberships
Europe PMC Funders' Group

Requires Open Access Archiving

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

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Worldwide Cancer Research requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
  • as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Optional)
  • in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Optional)
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 October 2013
Earlier compliance encouraged.
Yes
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Special Conditions
  • Either Open Access archiving or publication is acceptable
  • Maximum payment for article processing charge for open access is £2000
  • AICR requires the use of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC-BY) where an open access fee has been paid for journal articles
  • Articles in open access journals must be immediately available online
  • Publisher of open access journal must make the article available via PubMed Central (or linked PMC repository)
  • Funder of Europe PMC
Policy Links
Policy on Open Access Publishing [Policy]: http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/existing-grantholders/policy-on-open-access-publishing

No policy for Open Data Archiving

Worldwide Cancer Research does not mention or has no policy for Data Archiving

Record Information

ID
425
Date Created
12 January 2012 14:24:15 UTC
Last Modified
21 June 2023 14:11:53 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/425
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