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9-2020

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Article

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Morrison, Chris, Secker, Jane, Vezina, Brigitte, Ignasi Labastida I Juan, & Proudman, Vanessa. (2020, September 28). Open Access: An Analysis of Publisher Copyright and Licensing Policies in Europe, 2020. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4046624

Report DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4046624

Dataset DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4047001

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Abstract

This report investigates the copyright retention policy amongst publishers, self-archiving policies and records publisher policies on open licensing, also as relating to the Plan S requirements on rights and licensing. It should be understood as a snapshot in time informing on the current policy status. It also provides policy development guidance to funders, institutions, publishers and their authors for positive change towards immediate OA.

Over the past decade, Europe has seen a significant growth in activity to establish and advance Open Access (OA) policies, this includes the relatively recent formation of the funder coalition, cOAlition S, and its Plan S that is calling for immediate OA. However, to date, a lack of clarity has existed around our understanding of the extent to which publishers are responding to the OA policies of governments, funders and institutions to enable researchers to openly access and share their journal articles. From the outset, copyright has been a key challenge to OA; to ensure the widest possible reach of research through OA, widespread change is necessary. This report seeks to shed light on the extent to which publisher copyright, rights retention, self-archiving and open licensing policies, at this point in time, support this change. This report presents the results of a research study that was completed in the Summer of 2020 to explore copyright and licensing practices amongst the most prominent journal publishers in Europe and amongst European DOAJ journals. The study investigates copyright retention policy amongst publishers, self-archiving policies and records publisher policies on open licensing, also as relating to the Plan S requirements on rights and licensing. It should be understood as a snapshot in time informing on the current policy status. Whilst making concrete recommendations to far better enable immediate OA based on these findings, it also reports on instances where publisher policy changes are in the planning phase. This study seeks to provide policy development guidance to funders, institutions, publishers and their authors for positive change towards immediate OA.

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