US government sends a strong signal On 25 August 2022, the Office of Science and Technology Policy of the US White House issued guidance requiring, from 2026, immediate public access to federally funded research publications and the data behind them.1 This is the probably the most consequential in a trajectory of open access policies that have been building pressure for wholesale change. In 2013 President Barack Obama’s office issued guidance requiring public access to research funded by the largest agencies, although he allowed a 12 month embargo—a reflection of concerted lobbying by publishers in the US.2 In 2016, while vice president, Joe Biden acknowledged the limitations of that guidance when discussing access to research in his cancer moonshot initiative: “Tell me how [publisher paywalls are] moving the process along more rapidly.”3 In 2018 the policy initiative passed to Europe, when a group of funders (Coalition S) announced Plan S, requiring immediate and full open access to their funded research, with a clear roadmap for implementation from 2021.4 The covid-19 …

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全球开放访问没有回头路

美国政府发出强烈信号 2022 年 8 月 25 日，美国白宫科技政策办公室发布指导意见，要求从 2026 年起，公众可以立即访问联邦政府资助的研究出版物及其背后的数据。 1 这可能是最重要的是开放获取政策的轨迹，这些政策一直在为大规模变革施加压力。2013 年，巴拉克奥巴马总统的办公室发布了要求公众访问由最大机构资助的研究的指导意见，尽管他允许了 12 个月的禁运——这反映了美国出版商的一致游说。2 2016 年，副总统乔拜登承认在他的癌症登月计划中讨论访问研究时，该指南的局限性：“告诉我[出版商付费墙]如何更快地推动这一过程。