Shining a light on open access
AccountLantern queries multiple websites and data sources to locate information relevant to your works' Open Access status.
Below you will find details of the services we employ, links to their terms of use, and a summary of our interpretation of those terms.
| Source | What you get from it |
|---|---|
| CORE | Core aggregates items from digital repositories all over the world, so here we can find out whether your items are archived somewhere. |
| CrossRef | CrossRef is a canonical source of bibliographic data, provided directly by publishers, and holds key metadata and, in some cases, rights information. |
| Direct from the publisher's website | Where information is not available in the usual databases, we go direct to the article on the publisher's website to extract as much information as possible. |
| DOAJ | DOAJ is the premier registry of Pure OA journals in the world, so we can use it to learn about the journals in which your researchers are publishing. |
| Europe PMC | EuropePMC aggregates open and closed access bibliographic metadata for the life-sciences, and holds full-texts for OA publications that we can mine for useful information, especially re-use licences. |
| Grist | Grist, operated by EuropePMC, aggregates information about grants, P.I.s and publications associated with life-sciences funders. |
| Sherpa Romeo | Sherpa Romeo is a key resource for information on journal embargo and self-archiving policies. |
Each of our sources may stipulate re-use conditions for their data. Below are the sources, a link to their last known terms and conditions, and a summary of the terms at last review. This information is provided for information only, and should not be considered legal advice - refer to the 3rd party's terms of service for details:
Sources' terms and conditions last checked on 24 May 2017
| Service | Terms URL | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CORE | No terms of service available | As no terms are available, it should be assumed that you may not re-use data from CORE outside your organisation. CORE do ask that if you use their data in research to cite an appropriate publication, as described here: https://core.ac.uk/about/researchoutputs |
| Europe PMC | terms | EPMC places no additional restrictions on re-use of the data they hold. They note that the data they distribute may be subject to rights applied by the owner/submitter (e.g. patent/copyright), and you have a responsibility not to violate those rights. |
| CrossRef | terms | CrossRef does not claim ownership of any bibliographic records in their system, and permits you to cache and/or incorporate data and DOIs into your systems. |
| DOAJ | Reuse terms are available in their webpage footer | The DOAJ site and its metadata are licensed under CC BY-SA |
| Grist | terms | Grist is operated by EuropePMC/EBI, so the same conditions apply |
| Sherpa Romeo | terms | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License - if you re-publish data sourced from Sherpa Romeo you should attribute as specified on their terms of re-use page. |
We periodically review the data re-use conditions of our data sources, and below you can see our summaries at the time. Note that for old reviews of their terms, links may no longer be valid, or the summary may not reflect what you find published on the page. This section is informational only, and if you have questions about any changes in terms and conditions for these sources, you should contact them directly.
Sources' terms and conditions checked on 18 September 2016 Show
Sources' terms and conditions checked on 11 May 2016 Show
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