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petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SanjushDalmia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanjushDalmia</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@JACoates" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JACoates</span></a></span> recommend that <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/UKRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKRI</span></a> stop funding <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/APCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APCs</span></a> as part of its <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> policy. Instead, it should require grantees to release their grant-funded research as OA <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/preprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preprints</span></a>. This type of policy is sometimes called <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Plan_U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plan_U</span></a> and variations on the theme have been adopted by the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GatesFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GatesFoundation</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ChanZuckerbergFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChanZuckerbergFoundation</span></a>.</p><p>Two articles about this:</p><p>* Free from Research Information<br><a href="https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-open-access-2024-9-think-tank-urges-academic-publishing-reform-to-save-30m/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">researchprofessionalnews.com/r</span><span class="invisible">r-news-uk-open-access-2024-9-think-tank-urges-academic-publishing-reform-to-save-30m/</span></a></p><p>* Paywalled from Times Higher Ed<br><a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/end-ukri-funds-open-access-publishing-urges-think-tank-report" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timeshighereducation.com/news/</span><span class="invisible">end-ukri-funds-open-access-publishing-urges-think-tank-report</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://beta.mstdn.cf/users/arxiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arxiv</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@biorxivpreprint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>biorxivpreprint</span></a></span>, and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@medrxivpreprint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>medrxivpreprint</span></a></span> have released their public comments on the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OSTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSTP</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NelsonMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMemo</span></a>.</p><p>From arXiv<br><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/about/OSTP-04-11-2023.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">info.arxiv.org/about/OSTP-04-1</span><span class="invisible">1-2023.html</span></a></p><p>From bioRxiv and medRxiv<br><a href="https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/04/11/ostp_response" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/</span><span class="invisible">04/11/ostp_response</span></a></p><p>PS: There's a distinct echo of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Plan_U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plan_U</span></a> in these comments, tho without using the term. I'm glad to see it's still alive. Here's some background from 2019.<br><a href="http://planu.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">planu.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/arXiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arXiv</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bioRxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bioRxiv</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/medRxiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medRxiv</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAintheUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OAintheUSA</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/preprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preprints</span></a></p>
VelteropⓐⓊ🪂🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧🇩🇪<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonaldSnijder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RonaldSnijder</span></a></span> If they have also posted a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/preprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preprint</span></a> it might be the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Plan_U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plan_U</span></a> approach, as APCs for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> could be unaffordable for the authors. (<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.300027" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosbiology/</span><span class="invisible">article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.300027</span></a>).</p>
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