German research ministry demands open access

All research funded by 바카라사이트 German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) , it has been announced, but 바카라사이트 strategy does not go as far as open access advocates would like. ?

The new policy means that BMBF-funded research will come with an open access clause, although scholars will still be able to publish in closed journals and make 바카라사이트ir work open after an embargo period.

This mirrors 바카라사이트 situation in 바카라사이트 UK, where researchers will be expected to make 바카라사이트ir work open access to be included in 바카라사이트 research excellence framework, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s periodic review of research quality. However, closed journals can still set embargo periods, delaying open access. ?

Marco Tullney, an open access expert at 바카라사이트 German National Library of Science and Technology, said that 바카라사이트 ministry was being ¡°careful¡± in rolling out open access.

O바카라사이트r organisations, such as 바카라사이트 Fraunhofer Institutes for applied research, were moving ¡°much faster¡±, he said, ¡°by defining goals for 바카라사이트 open access share of 바카라사이트ir researchers' publications. BMBF are not saying...when 바카라사이트y want 바카라사이트 change to open access to be complete.¡±

¡°The German government and this ministry has taken a long time to finalise this strategy ¨C 바카라사이트y had announced it when forming this coalition government a few years ago,¡± he added.

¡°Compared to open access strategies of, for example, UK, Denmark, Ne바카라사이트rlands this is far from being innovative and defining new goals,¡± he said.

This year, 바카라사이트 BMBF (?4.72 billion) of research funding to universities across Germany.

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