Report: “Immediate Open Access ‘Should Be EU Default’ Says Presidency”

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Research papers should be made freely available immediately under open licences as standard in the EU, the Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU member state governments has said.

“Making scholarly publications rapidly accessible to all contributes to high-quality research,” the Swedish presidency said on 8 February. “Therefore, providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed research publications under open licences should be the default.”

At a meeting on the same day, EU research ministers discussed challenges to meeting this goal.

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More From the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union:

Research infrastructures is an important component of the innovation system, and
Europe has invested large sums in such infrastructures in recent years. Research
infrastructures are also a top priority for the current trio of French, Czech and
Swedish Presidencies.

Implementing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) principles in all research outputs and across disciplines is a significant undertaking for Europe, and requires changes in research culture and infrastructure. These changes must also align with international partners in like-minded regions and countries, and the ministers exchanged views on whether the EU should take action to accelerate this work.

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“For many years, there has been intensive work on making publications openly published on the internet, and the share of articles published openly has gradually risen. However, there are issues needed to be dealt with, for example the high costs of publishing and of reading articles. Another issue is the fact that some journals don’t have good enough processes for securing the quality of the publications,” says Mats Person. Swedish Minister for
EducationPersson.

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