India’s major science funders join open-access push | Science/AAAS | News

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Summary:

"Two of India’s major science funding agencies are joining the push to make the results of the research they fund freely available to the public. India’s Ministry of Science & Technology earlier this month announced it will require researchers who receive even just part of their funding from its biotechnology and science and technology departments to deposit copies of their papers in publicly accessible depositories. The two departments are the primary government sources for life science research funding in India. Researchers are required to submit papers to a repository within 2 weeks of acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal. Some papers may not become freely available for 6 to 12 months, however, if the journal asks for a delay to protect its subscription revenue. In including such delays, India’s policy tracks similar policies adopted by many other public and private funding agencies around the world ..."

Link:

http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2014/12/india-s-major-science-funders-join-open-access-push

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.india oa.funders oa.mandates oa.green oa.dbt oa.dst oa.repositories oa.policies oa.south

Date tagged:

12/31/2014, 12:45

Date published:

12/31/2014, 07:45