Sergio Graziosi posted on April 11, 2012 16:38
One of the world's largest funders of science is to throw its weight behind a growing campaign to break the stranglehold of academic journals and allow all research papers to be shared online. Researchers who do not make their work open access in line with the Wellcome Trust's policy to make all research papers available online could be sanctioned in future grant applications to the charity.
Research Councils UK, the co-ordinating body for the distribution of more than £3bn of government money via the science research councils, has issued a consultation on open access. The main recommendation is in line with the Wellcome Trust's policy, that the final version of research papers produced as a result of public money must be made open access online within six months of initial publication.
