European Commission considering leap into open-access publishing | Science | AAAS

peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-03-29

Summary:

"One of Europe’s biggest science spenders could soon branch out into publishing. The European Commission, which spends more than €10 billion annually on research, may follow two other big league funders, the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and set up a “publishing platform” for the scientists it funds, in an attempt to accelerate the transition to open-access publishing in Europe...."

Link:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/european-commission-considering-leap-open-access-publishing

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » peter.suber's bookmarks
Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Graham Steel's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.europe oa.gates_foundation oa.wellcome oa.f1000 oa.publishing oa.speed oa.incentives oa.announcements

Authors:

Martin Enserink

Date tagged:

03/29/2017, 06:43

Date published:

03/29/2017, 05:43