When an open-access fee is levied what does the Wellcome Trust require from the publisher?
For any of the models involving an open-access fee (i.e. an author/funder-pays) publishers, to be compliant with the Wellcome policy, must agree to: 12.1 Deposit, on behalf of the author, the final version of the article – which includes all the changes that arise from the peer-review, copy-editing and proofing processes – in PubMed Central (PMC), where it must be made freely available at the time of publication. A link to the article on the publisher site is not sufficient. 12.2Deposit the article in XML or SGML format that conforms to an acceptable journal article DTD (document type definition). Details of the specific technical requirements can be found on the PubMed Central website. If the publisher cannot supply XML or SGML, please contact the Trust for advice. 12.3Deposit all high-resolution images used in the article. 12.4 Allow such articles to be mirrored to PMC International repositories, such as UKPMC. 12.5 Permit these articles to be freely copied, distributed, displayed, p
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