Independent review of the implementation of RCUK Policy on Open Access | Biochemical Society
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Summary:
"Since April 2013 there have been changes in the way that Research Council-funded researchers have published their findings. Although there was momentum already building towards open access (OA) publishing in the bioscience research community, the Research Council UK’s (RCUK’s) open access policy arguably served to formalise this.
After the introduction of this mandate in April 2013, researchers are expected to publish any peer-reviewed research papers which acknowledge Research Council funding in compliant journals. These are defined as journals which ‘provide, via their own website, immediate and unrestricted access to the final published version of a paper, which should be made available using the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence, and allow immediate deposit of the final published version in other repositories without restriction on re-use’. This may involve payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC) to the publisher. Alternatively, the policy states that a compliant journal must ‘consent to deposit the final Accepted Manuscript in any repository, without restriction on non-commercial re-use and within a defined period’. In short, so-called ‘gold’ OA is preferred, but where this isn’t a viable option, ‘green’ OA is advocated. The decision tree below outlines how the policy works in practice ... The Society of Biology’s collective response highlighted that a sustainable model of scholarly communication is vital to ensure that the UK remains a world leader in science and innovation, and in scholarly publishing. Equally, it stressed that the invested support of the active learned society community is a key element of its growth, development and excellence. It is therefore essential that RCUK policy developments enable a functioning market of journal publication without any loss of support for the scientific community ..."
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