Open access policies at MIT

In March 2009, MIT faculty passed one of the country’s first open access policies; the policy covers their scholarly articles by default.

As of April 2017, all MIT authors, including students, postdocs, and staff, can “opt-in” to an open access license. See below for information on how to deposit a paper, get download statistics on your papers, or opt out of the policy. Authors covered by the MIT faculty open access policy do not need to sign this license.

• Read the 2009 MIT faculty OA policy
• Learn about & sign the MIT authors’ opt-in OA license
  
• Read our FAQ on MIT’s faculty OA policy
• Opt out of MIT’s OA policies
• Find support for open access publishing
• Learn about research funder requirements for public access to articles and data