End the false choice of expensive research fees
Summary
Heather Joseph, head of SPARC, says the Office of Management and Budget should make it clear that researchers can meet government rules on public access by putting their work in free online repositories. This would avoid the need for researchers to pay high fees to publish their articles.Key Facts
- Heather Joseph is the executive director of SPARC, an organization supporting open access to research.
- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sets rules for how federally funded research must be shared with the public.
- Current rules allow for paying article processing charges (APCs) to publish research openly.
- Joseph wants the OMB to clarify that researchers can use free repositories instead of paying APCs to follow public access rules.
- Free repositories are online places where research papers can be shared without cost.
- This change would help reduce the financial burden on researchers and institutions.
- The discussion aims to improve access to publicly funded research while managing costs.
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