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RCUKfails to time stamp open access.(Research Councils UK)(Brief article)
Byline: mark chillingworth
RCUK fails to time stamp open access
Mark Chillingworth
A long-awaited position paper from the Research Councils UK (RCUK) has failed to clarify its position on free access to research information funded by British tax payers.
Released by the Research Councils UK Executive Group, the paper makes no judgement on which publishing method authors should use and also fails to provide a clear time limit for when Research Council funded research should be made publicly available. "Publicly funded research must be made available and accessible for public examination as rapidly as practical," it states.
Instead of a clear time limit, the RCUK has instigated a new study
on author-pays publishing and
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