ROARMAP: Helmholtz Association Adopts Green OA Mandate for OA Week 2013

Beneficiaries of funding from the "Initiative and Networking Fund" of the Helmholtz Association will in future be expected to make publications originating from funded projects freely accessible. The Open Access Policy of the Helmholtz Association is guided by corresponding provisions of the Framework Programme of the European Union. Publications in open access journals are to be made freely accessible immediately on publication or - via repositories - no later than six months (sciences) or twelve months (social sciences and humanities) after the original publication. Free choice of a peer-reviewed medium of publication, to draw maximal attention to the research result, remains unchanged. Authors are supported by the Helmholtz libraries to implement the policy.