RCUK open-access guidance revised
Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities’ annual block grants for “gold” article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.Times Higher Education.
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Funding councils publish REF open-access proposals
The UK’s higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.Paul Jump for Times Higher Education.
Finch access plan unlikely to fly across the Atlantic
Finch access plan unlikely to fly across the AtlanticPaul Jump thinks that Report draws US notice and that experts say journals will not ‘play RCUK game’.
No hard targets for gold open access
No hard targets for gold open accessPaul Jump on the Research Council’s open access strategies:
Research Councils UK has insisted it will not punish universities that publish a lower proportion of gold open access papers than it envisaged in its allocation of block grants for article fees – provided the block grants are not misused.
See also the discussion on Implementing Finch.
Research Intelligence – Unbound possibilities
Research Intelligence - Unbound possibilitiesPaul Jump, senior research reporter for Times Higher Education, reports on how the non-profit, scholar-run publisher Open Book Publishers impresses with its open-access monograph list.
Open access may require funds to be rationed
Open access may require funds to be rationedPaul Jump thinks, moving to gold model could cost sector an extra £60m a year like Finch group says.
The group’s long-awaited report, released earlier this week, estimated that the transition to open access would cost UK higher education an extra £50-£60 million a year.
See also comment by Professor Adam Tickell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham.