Progress and Policies Reach a Pivitol Point as We Observe OA Week | The Official PLoS Blog

"One of the many joys of OA Week is the opportunity to reflect on the movement’s progress. It has been a watershed year for Open Access advocates as evidenced by the surge of momentum since last year.  Just this week a new study published in BMC Medicine shows that OA publishing is growing faster than previously thought. Last week,  the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organization for all medical research councils in Europe, the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) released a Science Policy Briefing (SPB) entitled ‘Open Access in Biomedical Research’ highlighting the need to accelerate the adoption of open access to research articles in the biomedical sciences across Europe. Governments, funders, publishers, and academic institutions are also leading the way by adopting Open Access policies more firmly than ever before. Here’s a snapshot of recent progress..."