Research Councils UK Releases Open Access to Research Outputs

Research Councils UK has released Open Access to Research Outputs (annexes).

Here's an excerpt from the announcement:

RCUK published today an independent study commissioned by the Research Councils into open access to research outputs. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects and impacts of open access on publishing models and institutional repositories in light of national and international trends. This included the impact of open access on the quality and efficiency of scholarly outputs, specifically journal articles. The report presents options for the Research Councils to consider, such as maintaining the current variation in Research Councils' mandates, or moving towards increased open access, eventually leading to Gold Standard.

3 thoughts on “Research Councils UK Releases Open Access to Research Outputs”

  1. There is no “Gold Standard” for OA except universal OA, and the way to reach universalize OA is to universalize Green OA self-archiving mandates to all institutions and funders globally, not to divert scarce research money — pre-emptively and needlessly — toward paying Gold OA publication fees at a time when subscription fees are still paying for publication worldwide and only 77 out of 10,000 institutions and funders have yet mandated Green OA. Green OA mandates are not failing to achieve compliance, as this report states: they are not yet being adopted by 99.23% of the world’s institutions and funders!

    http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/563-guid.html

  2. It is really ironic that this document on OA is locked, so parts of it can’t be copied to redistribute to others.

    (I enjoy DK a lot!)

    John

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