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REF key information

The next Research Excellence Framework will be REF 2029. Initial decisions have been published and a consultation on Open Access requirements is expected to be launched in January 2024. 

Until a new policy is announced, REF 2021 rules apply. Continue to deposit author accepted manuscripts of journal articles and conference proceedings with an ISSN in Symplectic within three months of acceptance. 

The Research Services team process these records and make outputs available Open Access in the Leeds Beckett Repository, within publisher rules.