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- v. Renew efforts to sustain and enhance the UK’s role in international discussions on measures to accelerate moves towards open access. (Government, Research Councils, Funding Councils, universities, publishers)
Key actions: publication in open access and hybrid journals
- vi. Establish effective and flexible mechanisms to enable universities and other research institutions to meet the costs of APCs (Government, funders); and efficient arrangements for payment, minimising transaction costs while providing proper accountability (universities, publishers).
- vii. Discuss with other funders in the commercial and charitable sectors how best to fund and promote publication in open access and hybrid journals. (Government)
- viii. Establish publication funds within individual universities to meet the costs of APCs, making use of dedicated moneys provided by funders for that purpose, as well as other available resources. (universities)
- ix. Develop in consultation with academic staff policies and procedures relating to open access publishing and how it is funded. (universities) The issues to be considered should include
- a. whether to promote open access publishing as the principal channel for all research publications
- b. how much funding should be provided to support the payment of APCs each year, the sources of that funding, and how the funds are to be administered
- c. how to work together with researchers, and in line with the principles of academic freedom, in making judgements about the potential for publication in journals with different levels not only of status, but of APCs
- d. how support for publication should be integrated with other aspects of research management, for example the development of research capacity, and support for early-career researchers
- e. policies relating to payment of APCs when articles are published in collaboration with researchers from other institutions.
- x. Extend the range of open access and hybrid journals, with minimal if any restrictions on rights of use and re-use for non-commercial purposes; and ensure that the metadata relating makes clear articles are accessible on open access terms.(publishers, learned societies)
- xi. Provide clear information about the balance between the revenues provided in APCs and in subscriptions.(publishers, learned societies)
Key actions: licensing
- xii. Rationalise and extend current licence arrangements for the HE and health sectors, so that as many journals as possible are accessible to everyone working or studying in those sectors. (Government, Funding Councils, universities, publishers, learned societies)
- xiii. Work together to find ways to reduce the VAT burden on e-journals. (Government, universities)
