President Joe Biden’s administration announced yesterday that, by the end of 2025, federal agencies must make papers that describe taxpayer-funded work freely available to the public as soon as the final peer-reviewed manuscript is published.
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Open science, publishing, and public research support: Could Trump have it right?
In December, E&E News reported that the president was considering an executive action requiring that all federally funded research become available to the public immediately upon publication.
Trump might help free science that’s locked behind paywalls
The Trump administration is reportedly considering issuing an executive order that would make it easier for everyone to access publicly funded research.
Time to break academic publishing’s stranglehold on research
Science journals are laughing all the way to the bank, locking the results of publicly funded research behind exorbitant paywalls. A campaign to make content free must succeed.
European countries demand that publicly funded research be free
Most researchers’ work remains fenced off by an online paywall. That may change with a radical European initiative unveiled earlier this month.
Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free
Academic publishing might sound like an obscure and fusty affair, but it uses one of the most ruthless and profitable business models of any industry.
An explosion of openness is about to hit scientific publishing
Major European countries are mandating that publicly-funded research should appear only in open-access journals.
Coalition of European Funders Announces “Plan S” to Require Full OA, Cap APCs, & Disallow Publication in Hybrid Journals
A group of 10 European research funders, supported by the European Commission and the European Research Council released plans to mandate a move to full, immediate Open Access for all of their funded research articles by January 1, 2020.
California Bill Is a Win for Access to Scientific Research
The California legislature just scored a huge win in the fight for open access to scientific research.
Who Gets to Read the Research We Pay For?
Scientific journals’ lock on new studies has ignited tension for years. When it comes to access for people with rare diseases, it becomes an ethical issue too.