The Ministry of Higher Education and Research publishes the results of the French Open Science Monitor for 2022. The rate of French scientific publications in open access has increased for the fourth consecutive year. Thanks to an innovative methodology, the Monitor has been enriched with new indicators on the opening of doctoral theses, as well as research data, codes and software associated with publications.
In December 2022 67% of the French scientific publications published in 2021 were in open access. This indicator has been steadily increasing since the creation of the French Open Science Monitor with a gain of 5 points compared to 2021 and a 29 point increase since 2018. The increase concerns all research fields, which for the first year all have an opening rate of over 50%. This reflects researchers’ changing publication practices and is a sign that the national open science policy led by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research in coordination with all the stakeholders in the scientific community is now bearing fruit.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
