WHO

Funder Information

Funder Name
World Health Organization (WHO) [English]
Funder URLs
http://www.who.int/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
Switzerland
Group Memberships

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 date of publication
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)
OA Publishing Licence
  • CC BY [applies when an OA journal]
  • CC BY [applies if an OA fee is paid]
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
Notes
  • Policy does not apply to editorials and conference proceedings.
  • Journal articles or book chaptersmust be published in one of the following ways:
  • 1. in an open-access journal
  • 2. in a subscription journal that offers a hybrid open-access fee option
  • 3. in a subscription journal that allows authors to deposit the accepted author manuscript in Europe PubMed Central within 12 months of the date of publication
  • For 1. and 2. Publisher deposits XML version of the article and metadata in PubMed Central, which automatically appear in Europe PubMed Central
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
Does the policy apply to related research data? [Statement]: http://www.who.int/about/open-access-faq/en/index1.html

Record Information

ID
903
Date Created
25 June 2014 11:21:00 UTC
Last Modified
5 March 2021 11:54:26 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/903
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