Metrics report for milestone 1.3 of the National Action Plan on Open Government 2022-2024 – Making climate change science more open and accessible - Canada.ca

"The National Action Plan on Open Government 2022–2024 (NAP) commits to making the Government of Canada more transparent and accountable, while also giving Canadians the chance to take part in how government makes decisions.

This document provides an update (reporting year 2023) on progress of Science-Based Departments and Agencies (SBDAs) in implementing Open Science, in fulfillment of Milestone 1.3 of the NAP – “Making climate change science more open and accessible” – which requires:

1.3.1 – New metric to be designed [completed] and included in yearly reports to assess open access of climate change publications by science-based departments and agencies, using data from an abstract and citation database.

1.3.2 – Yearly reports on progress against existing metrics that measure how science-based departments and agencies implement open science, with a focus on open access metrics and diverse types of open access, to be released in the open..."