Open Access Publication Fund Annual Report: 2021-2022

The Open Access Publication Fund at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi underwrites author publication charges for open access scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and monographs. The fund seeks to encourage greater participation in open access publishing so that Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s research is free of subscription barriers, and we support the adoption of open science practices that can help sustain Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s status as an R2 Doctoral University. Numerous research studies show that OA publishing increases the visibility of publications, thereby increasing visibility, citations, and the use of faculty research all of which enhance the reputation of TAMU-CC and its faculty. Major outcomes for 2021-2022: • The Open Access Publication Fund distributed funds for 61 faculty, staff, and graduate students from all 5 colleges as well as both the Harte Research Institute for the Gulf of Mexico Studies and the Conrad Blucher Institute. This is the first year of the program in which all colleges requested and were approved funding. • The Open Access Publication Fund supported the publication fees for 23 articles for a total amount of funding distributed of $42,500.