Wikimedia Foundation

Funder Information

Funder Name
Wikimedia Foundation [English]
Funder URLs
http://wikimediafoundation.org/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
United States of America

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Wikimedia Foundation requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
Author's final version
When to archive
At the date of publication
Where to archive
Any appropriate repository
Special Conditions
Articles must be deposited in a repository upon publications or within three months of the project ending, whichever comes first, If it is not possible to deposit a post-print manuscript, a limited waiver may be applied for to allow the deposit of the pre-print version of the manuscript, Authors may apply for an additional grant to cover Article Processing Charges for making publications open access immediately or to deposit in an open access repository

Encourages Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Wikimedia Foundation encourages Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Optional)
Special Conditions
Articles must be deposited in a repository upon publications or within three months of the project ending, whichever comes first

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
18 March 2015
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Notes
  • If a work based on the project is accepted for publication in a peer reviewed outlet that does not make its articles available online, free of charge, and under free licenses, an electronic copy of the author’s accepted manuscript will be submitted:
  • to a public and permanently archived repository by the official date of publication, without any embargo period, and released under a Free License.
Policy Links

Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Wikimedia Foundation requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Unpublished Data
  • Research Data
  • Supporting Documentation
  • Program Code
When to archive
Immediately after publication of results
Where to archive
  • Any appropriate repository (Required )
  • Named repository (Preferred )
Named Repositories
Effective for all new projects from
18 March 2015
Special Conditions
This policy does not apply to sensitive data, Data must be deposited upon publication or within three months of the project ending, whichever comes first
Policy links

Record Information

ID
998
Date Created
24 March 2015 14:47:16 UTC
Last Modified
11 February 2021 18:33:43 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/998
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