Green Open Access
As of 30th April there are approximately 78,340 records in our Current Research Information System (PURE), of which 18,321 have open access documents available to the general public (23% open access).
Looking specifically at just journal articles and conference proceedings:
| OA full text/Record only (all time) | Open access % | OA full text/Record only (2013+) | Open access % | |
| Medicine & Veterinary Medicine | 6,712/19,998 | 34 | 1,023/2,212 | 46 |
| Humanities & Social Science | 3,459/13,571 | 26 | 577/1,119 | 51 |
| Science & Engineering | 5,915 /26,009 | 23 | 841/2,049 | 41 |
Gold Open Access
Monthly application figures to the Gold Open Access funds:
| Month | Applications to RCUK | Applications to Wellcome |
| January 2014 | 32 | 13 |
| February 2014 | 24 | 13 |
| March 2014 | 23 | 14 |
| April 2014 | 35 | 5 |
Status of the Wellcome fund – since the start of the new reporting period (November 2013) the cumulative open access spend has been £152,826
Status of the RCUK fund – current cumulative spend for the current reporting period (since April 2013) is £393,480 with an additional £65,500 committed on articles submitted for publication.