Learn how Case Western Reserve University supports open research through faculty policy guidance, open access publishing agreements, and public access compliance support. Use these guides to manage your ORCID profile, share your publications, and advance your scholarly impact.
CWRU Faculty Open Access Policy and FAQ
CWRU can openly disseminate faculty-authored scholarly articles while preserving reuse and sharing rights for the authors. We assist faculty in depositing accepted manuscripts into our secure, open-access institutional repository, Scholarly Commons @ CWRU.
CWRU Open Access Agreements and Other Funding
We offer several institutional agreements with major publishers to fund your open-access publishing fees, allowing you to share your research globally at no personal cost.
Open Scholarship and Open Access
By utilizing pathways like open-access publishing, self-archiving, and public access compliance, you can make your final publications immediately discoverable for free to a global audience.
ORCID: Link Your Name With Your Research
ORCID provides you with a free, universal number that permanently connects you to your articles, data, and funding throughout your career. By maintaining an updated profile, you can distinguish yourself from other researchers with similar names, automate publication updates, and ensure your work is always accurately attributed and discoverable.
Public Access Policies: Article & Data Sharing Requirements
Federal public access policies require researchers receiving federal funding to make their peer-reviewed publications and research data freely available in agency-designated repositories. Public access ensures that federally funded work is accessible to the public, subject to minor reuse limits and justifiable data-sharing restrictions.