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Notice of Scheduled Maintenance

Please note that ROARMAP will be unavailable from 09:00 on 29/04/2026 until 12:00 on 29/04/2026 due to scheduled maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP) is a searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.

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Total Mandates (by type)

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