NIST Joins Other Agencies in Spelling Out an Open Access Policy

Officials at the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced on April 3, 2015, that they plan to set up a central repository of free-to-read academic articles to comply with recent federal open access requirements. The institute was the last major scientific agency to establish an open access policy. According to their plan, starting in October of 2016, copies of all articles reporting research funded by NIST will be archived on a free, publically accessible server operated by the institute. Access to the stored articles would begin after a 12-month embargo period from the date of publication.