Open access policy – Authors' reply : The Lancet

"Judith Glynn and Sara Thomas raise important questions about our current policy to offer open access publications as outlined in our recent Comment.1 Our announcement is only a first step in a fast evolving movement towards making publicly funded research as accessible as possible, and we are continuously reviewing our approach. However, many of our research papers—all those reporting global health research—are already routinely made free to access immediately at publication. In addition, we are launching the first open access journal within the Lancet family, The Lancet Global Health, on June 25, this year. Open archiving at some point after publication is currently under active discussion, and likely to happen soon."