Biden administration instructs all US agencies to require immediate access to federally funded research after it is published, starting in 2026.
. The OSTP recommends that agencies ensure that peer-reviewed work from their grant recipients is made available in an agency-approved public repository without delay after publication. Each agency can develop its own protocols about precisely how this is to be done — a process to be completed in the next six months to a year.said Alondra Nelson, acting head of the OSTP, in a statement
The White House is not insisting that papers also be made OA in scientific journals. But with future US research papers becoming available immediately in repositories, publishers might fear libraries cancelling journal subscriptions. They could react by shifting more towards OA publishing, observers say. So far, journal publishers have mostly responded by saying that they’re committed to providing OA options for researchers.
Those who track OA trends are waiting to see how the US policy will change the science-publishing industry at large. “A lot will depend on how publishers react,” says Robert Kiley, head of strategy at Coalition S.In theory, focusing on public repositories that can house the accepted, peer-reviewed versions of papers allows journals to continue charging institutions subscription fees and keeping final papers behind a paywall.
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