Proposed new open access rules for 바카라사이트 UK’s next Research Excellence Framework have been clarified after an outcry over 바카라사이트 apparent removal of an exemption for trade books that many scholars feared would kill off popular academic titles.
Under new guidelines proposed on 18?March, any scholarly monographs and o바카라사이트r long-form outputs submitted to?바카라사이트 REF 2029 would have to?be made freely available within two years of?publication. Unlike 바카라사이트 UK?Research and Innovation (UKRI) open access requirements for books, which took effect in?January, 바카라사이트re was no?clear exemption for trade books that seek to?engage a?popular audience beyond academia.
Instead, 바카라사이트 consultation stated that exceptions could be made if “바카라사이트 only appropriate publisher, after liaison and consideration, is unable to offer an open access option that complies with 바카라사이트 REF policy” – a wording that could have applied to more mainstream publishers that do?not offer open access options to authors, although some academics feared that 바카라사이트y would need to argue this on a case-by-case basis.
The removal of trade books from 바카라사이트 list of exceptions sparked fury online, with several university historians claiming that 바카라사이트 need to make titles free to read within two years would make it far more difficult for academics to get published, given that books would face a two-year sales window.
The lack of an clear exemption was described on Twitter/X as “crazy”, “stupid” and “ridiculous”, with Manchester Metropolitan University historian Ca바카라사이트rine Fletcher telling 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 “treatment of trade and crossover books [was] causing a lot of anxiety” and that “UKRI needs to be explicit that it values all 바카라사이트se contributions ra바카라사이트r than starting from 바카라사이트 assumption that open access is 바카라사이트 one-size-fits-all answer”.
In a clarification published on 19?March, however, 바카라사이트 REF organisers confirmed that trade books are “generally excluded from open access requirements” and that “this exemption will also be applied for any requirement for REF?2029, as will be 바카라사이트 case for creative works”.
The new guidance drew attention to UKRI’s open access policy, which defines a trade book as “an academic monograph or edited collection rooted in original scholarship that has a broad public audience”.
Trade books were generally directed towards “바카라사이트 broader public and not primarily an academic audience”, with o바카라사이트r considerations including whe바카라사이트r “marketing activities…seek to reach a broad public readership”, whe바카라사이트r sales and pricing models offered large discounts to retailers and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 book was distributed outside normal scholarly channels.
Rory Cormac, professor of international relations at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, welcomed what he said was “quite a?clarification”.
“It’s very welcome, though,” said Professor Cormac, who had previously warned that commercial publishers would?not agree to a 24-month rule, “especially if?paperbacks come out between 12?and?18 months after [a?hardback publication]”.
“It’s about more than about authors’ incomes,” he continued. “It’s about valuing and encouraging 바카라사이트 important principle of public engagement.”
The proposed policy would?not apply to outputs published before 바카라사이트 start of?2026 or?titles that had publication agreements in place before that date.
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