From April 2023 the University has a new Self-Archiving Policy covering research articles and conference proceedings authored by Cambridge researchers. This article introduces the policy and explains why it has been developed to help researchers meet funder requirements and enable immediate open access: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/self-archiving-policy.
The policy allows University of Cambridge researchers to retain their rights over their paper rather than signing them over to a publisher. Researchers can then self-archive the work in the University’s repository, Apollo, making the work available via the ‘green route’ open access. Publishers are then notified in advance of submission that the researcher will release an open access version of their article upon publication.
Read more about what you need to do on the policy guidance webpage.
If you have any questions about Open Access the Office of Scholarly Communication (info@osc.cam.ac.uk) are extremely knowledgeable and helpful