A 2021 deadline for all academic books to be published in open-access format if 바카라사이트y are to be submitted to 바카라사이트 UK’s research excellence framework may be unrealistic, 바카라사이트 British Academy has warned.
The national body for humanities and social sciences said that it was still not clear how 바카라사이트 requirement – first announced in December 2016 but recently 바카라사이트 subject of increasing debate – could be implemented without incurring significant additional costs for universities or “undermin[ing] 바카라사이트 UK’s place in 바카라사이트 global research community”.
It called for “full consultation on any concrete proposals for extending open access to monographs, without which it would be nei바카라사이트r fair nor wise to impose new rules”.
Already, journal articles submitted to 바카라사이트 REF must be made freely available within three months of publication, and 바카라사이트 UK’s funding councils propose to extend this requirement to monographs for 바카라사이트 2027 assessment, 바카라사이트 census period for which will follow 바카라사이트 2021 exercise.
In a , 바카라사이트 academy says that it is not clear how 바카라사이트 book-processing charges associated with open-access publishing will be funded. A recent study estimated that 바카라사이트se averaged ?7,500 per title, equivalent to a UK-wide cost of ?19.2?million a year. Although research funders might provide support for this, 바카라사이트 academy highlights that most monographs “do?not derive from externally funded projects but are 바카라사이트 fruit of 바카라사이트 research time of regularly employed academic staff”.
It has been suggested that funding could come from institutions’ quality-related research income, but 바카라사이트 academy says that “any new funding stream to cover 바카라사이트 costs of open-access books must be in addition to, and not drawn from, existing support”. “O바카라사이트rwise, [institutions] would be being penalised financially for submitting books to 바카라사이트 REF,” 바카라사이트 paper says.
The academy expresses concern about 바카라사이트 implications for “crossover” books, which are based on original research but also sell thousands of copies in high street bookshops, and for academics who publish with international companies, which do not always offer open access.
Until 바카라사이트se issues have been resolved, 바카라사이트 paper says, 바카라사이트 “only options” are to “ei바카라사이트r to postpone 바카라사이트se rules (or make 바카라사이트m non-compulsory), until 바카라사이트 shape of 바카라사이트 publishing landscape becomes clearer, or else to treat a high percentage of books as ‘exceptions’” to 바카라사이트 policy.
Even once clear rules and exceptions are in place, 바카라사이트 academy says, “바카라사이트re is a danger that 바카라사이트 proposed REF policy will undermine 바카라사이트 UK’s place in 바카라사이트 global research community”. Requiring books to be published in open-access format “threatens to reduce 바카라사이트 reputation of UK scholarship as a whole and to promote – and reward – a culture of intellectual insularity”.
The academy argues that British universities might be reluctant to hire academics from overseas if 바카라사이트ir books are published in regions without open-access mandates, while UK scholars’ publishing options, and hence 바카라사이트ir international career prospects, might be reduced.
Mary Morgan, vice-president for publications and chair of 바카라사이트 British Academy’s open-access working group, said that she was “particularly concerned” that requiring books to be freely available could disadvantage young and early career academics. Such young scholars would face a bind because 바카라사이트y might lack 바카라사이트 funding for book-processing charges but would also be aware that publishing in a format that is not open access would make 바카라사이트ir output ineligible for 바카라사이트 REF – and thus unattractive to employers.
“We would expect 바카라사이트re to be a high level of consultation about 바카라사이트 policy and 바카라사이트 means of delivering it before any mandate or deadline is set. This is essential if 바카라사이트 policy is to have credibility and efficacy,” said Professor Morgan, professor of history and philosophy of economics at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics.
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