Open Access and Authors' Rights: UNC faculty publications: Education

The top five publishers, in alphabetical order, of UNC Education faculty articles are:

• Gallaudet University Press
• Sage
• Springer
• Taylor & Francis/Routledge
• Wiley/Blackwell

Wiley/Blackwell, Taylor & Francis/Routledge and Sage are yellow in their archiving policy, while Gallaudet University Press is blue and Springer is green .

The top five publishers, in alphabetical order, of Special Education faculty articles are:

• American Council on Rural Special Education
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Gallaudet University Press
• Sage

Gallaudet University Press is blue in its archiving policy while Sage is yellow.  American Foundation for the Blind and the Council for Exceptional Children are white in their archiving policy.  The American Council on Rural Special Education not listed in the Sherpa/Romeo database.

The top four publishers, in alphabetical order, of Teacher Education faculty articles are:

• International Reading Association
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Science Teachers Association
• Taylor & Francis/Routledge

International Reading Association is white in its archiving policy and Taylor & Francis/Routledge is yellow.  The other two organizations are not listed in the Sherpa/Romeo database.

In addition to impact and cost-effectiveness, other factors to consider when choosing a publisher include the publisher's copyright and archiving policies.  A consortium of UK academic institutions has developed the Sherpa/Romeo database.  You may use this database to find a summary of permissions that are typically given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.  Use this as a baseline from which to negotiate with the publisher for greater control over your scholarship.