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Content Policy:



For types of document & data set held:

  1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
  2. Subject Specialities:
    • - Agriculture, Food and Veterinary
    • - Biology and Biochemistry
    • - Chemistry and Chemical Technology
    • - Health and Medicine
  3. RVC Research Online is restricted to:
    • - Journal articles
    • - Theses
    • - Conference and workshop papers
    • - Books, chapters and sections
    • - Datasets
  4. Deposited items may include:
    • - submitted versions (as sent to journals for peer-review)
    • - accepted versions (authors final peer-reviewed drafts)
    • - published versions (publisher-created files)
  5. Items are individually tagged with:
    • - their version type and date.
    • - their peer-review status.
    • - their publication status.
  6. Principal Languages: English

Submission Policy:



Concerning depositors, quality & copyright:

  • - Items may only be deposited by accredited members of the organisation, or their delegated agents.
  • - Eligible depositors must deposit bibliographic metadata for all their publications.
  • - The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
  • - Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
  • - If RVC Research Online receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Metadata Policy:



For information describing items in the repository:

  • - Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
  • - The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes and re-sold commercially provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.

Data Policy:



For full-text and other full data items

  1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
  2. Single copies of full items can be:
    • - reproduced, and displayed or performed in any format or medium
    • - for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.
  3. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders.