The reality of open access - physicsworld.com

The move to open access has so far not been a particularly smooth ride, but publishing research papers in this way appears to be here to stay. Within the last few years, the European Commission (EC), UK and US have all issued policies to further increase the number of papers that are open access, with funding councils also putting their support behind the movement. Yet while most would agree that open access helps to disseminate research, there has been much confusion around how best to implement open-access policies and many differences have emerged between funding agencies and nations.