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Getting to grips with the Research Councils UK policy on open access
Over a year has passed since the Research Councils UK (RCUK) policy on open access came into effect, requiring all articles and datasets arising from Research Councils funded projects to be published either gold or green open access. As part of a wider survey on open access (carried out in March 2014), Taylor & Francis asked authors a series of questions on this policy, with the aim of gauging authors’ awareness and understanding of it. Just under 900 UK-based authors responded (or 11% of the total respondents globally) and the analysis is now available at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/Open-Access-Survey-2014-Annex-B.pdf
Nearly two-thirds [62%] of respondents were already aware of the RCUK’s open access policy, the highest level of awareness among authors across all thirteen countries surveyed on their respective open access mandates. 30% said they understood it, though many appeared to be unclear on whether it applied to them, with over half [55%] saying they were unsure whether they would publish under it in the future.
When questioned on the benefits of the policy, including whether it would lead to their work being read by more people or reaching more people outside their field, uncertainty was the resounding response, with authors who neither agreed nor disagreed comprising the largest group of respondents.
Discover the responses for yourself, with the complete country level analysis at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/explore/Open-Access-Survey-2014-Annex-B.pdf
(with the full survey results at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/opensurvey/2014).
Plus, tell us what you think via Twitter @TandFOpen and follow the conversation at #oasurvey2014.
Best wishes,
Elaine Devine, Communications Manager (Author Relations)
Taylor & Francis
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