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In June 2012, the UK Finch Committee made the following statement:</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;min-height:1em;color:rgb(78,78,84);font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;min-height:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">"The [Green OA] policies of neither research funders nor universities themselves have yet had a major effect in ensuring that researchers make their publications accessible in institutional repositories…"</i> <b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">[<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.researchinfonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Finch-Group-report-FINAL-VERSION.pdf" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(228,105,3);font-weight:normal;background-repeat:initial initial">Finch Committee Recommendation, June 2012</a>]</b><b style="background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></p>
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<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Testing the Finch Hypothesis</b></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;min-height:1em;color:rgb(78,78,84);font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">
We have now tested the Finch Hypothesis. Using data from ROARMAP institutional Green OA mandates and data from ROAR on institutional repositories, we found that deposit number and rate is significantly correlated with mandate strength (classified as 1-12): The stronger the mandate, the more the deposits. The strongest mandates generate deposit rates of 70%+ within 2 years of adoption, compared to the un-mandated deposit rate of 20%. The effect is already detectable at the national level, where the UK, which has the largest proportion of Green OA mandates, has a national OA rate of 35%, compared to the global baseline of 25%.</p>
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</b>The conclusion is that, contrary to the Finch Hypothesis, Green Open Access Mandates <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">do</i> have a major effect, and the stronger the mandate, the stronger the effect (the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://roarmap.eprints.org/56/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(228,105,3)">Liege ID/OA mandate</a>, linked to research performance evaluation, being the strongest mandate model). <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/RCUK%20_Policy_on_Access_to_Research_Outputs.pdf" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(228,105,3)">RCUK</a> (as well as all universities, research institutions and research funders worldwide) would be well advised to adopt the strongest Green OA mandates and to integrate institutional and funder mandates.</p>
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The findings are in the link below. <i>Discussion invited!</i></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 5px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px;min-height:1em;color:rgb(78,78,84);font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">
<span class="creators" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"><span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Gargouri, Yassine</span>, <span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Lariviere, Vincent</span>, <span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Gingras, Yves</span>, <span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Brody, Tim</span>, <span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Carr, Les</span> and <span class="person_name" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Harnad, Stevan</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"> </span><span class="date" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">(2012)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/344687/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-style:none;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(228,105,3)">Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Effectiveness</a></span><span class="title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"> </span><span class="event_title" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;font-size:1em;background-repeat:initial initial">Open Access Week 2012</em></span></p>
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