The ARC Open Access policy mandates that research outputs be made openly accessible within 12 months of publication under the following conditions:
The NHMRC Open Access policy mandates the open access sharing and use of publications arising from NHMRC-funded research.
There are two highlighted routes to open access required by the NHMRC, these are highlighted below:
Making the Version of Record immediately open access with a CC BY licence. This route can be used when an article is being published in an open access journal, described as 'Gold' or 'Diamond' open access depending upon the business model of the journal.
The Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) is made immediately open access with a CC BY licence by depositing the Author Accepted Manuscript in an open online repository such as an institutional or other subject-based repository. This route is sometimes called ‘Green’ open access. There is no fee or APC associated with this route (NHMRC, 2022, p.12).
NHMRC encourages researchers to consider the reuse value of their data and to take reasonable steps to share research data and associated metadata arising from NHMRC supported research. Researchers are encouraged to adhere to the F.A.I.R Principles and CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. When sharing data, researchers must ensure that appropriate metadata accompany the datasets. This will allow users of the data to fully understand the data, the curation strategies, assumptions, experimental conditions, and any other details relevant to the interpretation of the data (NHMRC, 2022, p.16-17).
NHMRC encourages authors of scholarly books, scholarly books chapters and edited research books, including prestigious reference works, and producers of other forms of research outputs to make them open access where possible (NHMRC, 2022, p.11).
National Health and Medical Research Council. (2022). Open access policy. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/nhmrc-open-access-policy-2022
As a grant's Chief Investigator or Project Leader you are responsible for:
Plan S is an European initiative aimed at making all publicly funded research freely accessible. It was launched in September 2018 by an international consortium of research funders called cOAlition S, which includes major European funders, supported by the European Commission and the European Research Council.
The core principle of Plan S is to ensure scientific publications resulting from publicly funded research are published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms, or deposited in compliant Open Access repositories.
The Australasian Open Access Strategy Group (AOASG) and the Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) released a joint statement broadly supportive of Plan S. However, they call for greater consideration of several key areas:
Plan S is not yet mandated by any Australian funders. However, international bodies endorsing Plan S may mandate compliance when funding Australian research.
To be Plan S compliant you must ensure that all scholarly articles that result from research funded by members of cOAlition S are made openly available immediately upon publication without any embargo period.
There are three routes to achieve this:
Plan S also requires the use of open licenses and prefers the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
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