NIH Director Meets with Publishers on Open Access
30 Jul 2004
All articles based on NIH-funded research will soon have to be available for free, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni suggested in a meeting with 42 scientific journal publishers.
The Publishers voiced a number of concerns, including worries that fewer journals would survive in an environment where article must be released for free, and scientific societies would lose their means of financial support. Zerhouni acknowledged the value of journals’ peer review, and said that the federal government was not trying to usurp the functions of journal publishing.
According to report language from the House Appropriations Committee, the NIH would have until December 1 to create a policy that would mandate free access to articles six months after publication, and immediate free access when NIH funds are used for publication fees. The report language would require "that a complete electronic copy of any manuscript reporting work supported by NIH grants or contracts be provided to [the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central digital database.]"
The unofficial House Appropriations report language is available at the SPARC website.
Amanda Brewster, SIPPI Staff
Source: Washington Fax, The Scientist, SPARC
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