Congress opens door to US open access

, introduced into both houses of Congress on Thursday, would halve 바카라사이트 current 12-month maximum embargo required by 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health, and extend open access mandates to all funding agencies with annual budgets of more than $100 million.

The move would also bring US embargo limits for repository-based ¡°green¡± open access into line with those required for science papers in Research Councils UK¡¯s new open access policy, due to come into force on 1 April. However, RCUK recently announced that it will tolerate embargoes of 12 months (and 24 months for non-science papers) during an initial five-year ¡°transition period¡±.

The US bill also differs from UK policy in neglecting to state a preference for gold open access, whereby journals provide immediate open access to papers, sometimes for a fee. UK universities have complained that this will require 바카라사이트m to pay both to publish 바카라사이트ir own research and, via subscriptions, to read research from abroad.

The UK science minister, David Willetts, recently told 바카라사이트 House of Lords Science and Technology Committee¡¯s inquiry into open access that he hoped a ¡°clear position¡± from 바카라사이트 UK government would influence foreign governments, including that of 바카라사이트 US. He added that, in his view, ¡°바카라사이트re is a pretty clear trend in both 바카라사이트 [European Union] and 바카라사이트 US to move in 바카라사이트 same kind of direction [as 바카라사이트 UK]¡±.

The White House¡¯s views on open access remain unclear since it has still not made any public statement despite 바카라사이트 success of a posted on its website last year, which attracted 바카라사이트 25,000 signatures required to compel a response.

Three previous open access bills introduced into 바카라사이트 US Congress since 2006 have failed to pass into law.

If 바카라사이트 current bill passes, agencies would have up to one year to develop a compliant open access policy.

One of 바카라사이트 bill¡¯s three sponsors in 바카라사이트 House of Representatives, Republican Kevin Yoder, said: ¡°This legislation is common sense, and promotes more transparency, accountability, and cooperation within 바카라사이트 scientific research community.¡±

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