The European Research Council (ERC) is one of the leading sources of research funding worldwide. This article analyses the papers published by its grantees. The primary aim was to determine the access policies of the journals chosen by researchers benefiting from public funding to disseminate their findings, based on an analysis of 44,481 papers published from 2007 to 2015. The study showed that 85% were published in hybrid or non-OA journals, with 50% to 60% of citations referring to the articles carried by such blue journals. The mean excellence rate was 6.4%, with > 11% for blue journal, nearly 8% for green journal and 6.5% for gold OA journal papers. Two lessons have been learnt from the ERC’s endeavour and experience in the international scientific ecosystem in the first decade since its institution. The first is that research proposed, reviewed and funded by scientists delivers highly influential and visible results. The second is that, while complying with OA publication recommendations and mandates, grantees prefer to publish their papers in non-gold OA journals.

欧洲研究委员会 (ERC) 是全球研究资金的主要来源之一。本文分析了其受助人发表的论文。主要目的是根据对 2007 年至 2015 年发表的 44,481 篇论文的分析，确定受益于公共资金的研究人员选择的期刊的访问政策，以传播他们的研究结果。该研究表明，85% 的论文以混合或非混合形式发表。 OA 期刊，50% 到 60% 的引用引用了此类蓝色期刊所载的文章。平均优秀率为6.4%，其中蓝色期刊>11%，绿色期刊近8%，黄金OA期刊论文6.5%。ERC 自成立以来的第一个十年在国际科学生态系统中的努力和经验中吸取了两个教训。首先是研究提出，由科学家审查和资助提供了极具影响力和可见的结果。第二个是，在遵守 OA 出版建议和授权的同时，受助者更愿意在非黄金 OA 期刊上发表他们的论文。