Niigata University Open Access Policy
Approved by Library Committee on October 29, 2021
Approved by University Research Committee on November 26, 2021
Approved by Education and Research Council on December 24, 2021
(Purpose)
1. To contribute to development of academia and give back the results of education andresearch to the society, Niigata University (hereinafter referred to as "theUniversity") stipulates a policy on open access for making the results of education andresearch in the university widely available to the public as follows.
(Publishing research outputs)
2. As a general rule, the University provides open public access to the research outputsof faculty members published in academic journals by commercial publishers,
academic societies, academic committees, or university departments (hereinafterreferred to as “Research Outputs”) for free. The ownership of the copyright of such
Research Outputs will not be transferred to the University.
(Means of publishing)
3. Research Outputs are published via Niigata University Academic Repository or byother means chosen by the author.
(Exception of application)
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the University may
choose not to provide or may cancel open access to the Research Output if a waiver isrequested by the parties due to copyright issues or other unavoidable reasons.
(Non-retroactivity)
5. This Policy will not be applied to the Research Outputs which have been publishedprior to its implementation or published under a conflicting contract settled prior toits implementation.
(Submission in the repository)
6. Details regarding submission and publishing of the Research Outputs in the Niigata
University Academic Repository are handled according to the "Niigata University
Academic Repository Operation Guideline."(Others)
7. Any other open access issues not stated in the Policy will be negotiated between theparties concerned.

[Reference] Implementation of Open Access
Based on the Niigata University Open Access Policy
Niigata University has stipulated our Open Access Policy that is intended to request
the faculty members of Niigata University to make their scholarly articles (co-authoredarticles included) available to a wider public for free.
To indicate the specific methods for making the article Open Access based on theOpen Access Policy, instructions including the use of Niigata University Academic
Repository are summarized as follows.

1. Scope of the policy
Articles which fulfill all of the following conditions below are in scope of this policy.
1. Articles which are published after the establishment of Niigata University
Academic Repository (peer-reviewed or not)2. Articles which are authored by a faculty member or other personnel of Niigata
University* Any other contributions by the members of the Niigata University that do not
apply to above may be registered to the Niigata University Academic Repository
upon the request of the author.
2. How to make articles in open access status
Articles are already in open access status in the following cases:
1. The article is published in an open access journal (published free of charge on thewebsite of a publisher and/or an academic society)
2. The article is in open access status to the public via CiNii, J-STAGE, PMC, orother academic portal sites.
Articles may be made in open access status through the following methods:* Observing one of the following methods fulfills the "public" condition as required by
the Open Access Policy.
1. Register the article at Niigata University Academic Repository.
2. For articles published on a subscription-model journal, select the open access
option by covering an additional fee (Article Processing Charge) to make thearticle open access on the publisher's web site or another location.
3. Register the article on a repository established by external institutions (forexample, subject repositories such as arXiv.)