[GOAL] Re: Open Access Mandates: Q&A with the NIH

[Stevan Harnad]

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Reckling, Falk, Dr. <
Falk.Reckling at fwf.ac.at> wrote:

The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) has been joined UKPMC in April 2010 and
> reached in November 2011 a  compliance rate of around 65%. One major reason
> seems to be that we are able to pay publication costs three years after the
> project is finished, see:
> http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/peer-reviewed_publications.html


The FWF Open Access Mandate <http://roarmap.eprints.org/33/>, according to
ROARMAP, is the following:

http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/public_relations/oai/index.html
"*FWF requires all project leaders and workers to make their publications
freely available through open access media on the Internet. Exceptions to
the open access requirement can only be made in cases where it is not
possible for legal reasons. In such cases, the FWF requires grant
recipients to provide justification to this effect in their final project
reports… Free access to publications can either be ensured through direct
publication in open access journals or by archiving electronic copies of
previously published original articles in subject-specific or institutional
repositories..*."

Are you suggesting that it's compliance rate of 65% is all or mostly dues
to FWF-funded research being published in Gold OA journals, at the cost of
up to 3000 euros?

*...the costs of journal articles should not exceed EUR 3,000.00. (upon
consultation with the FWF, exceptions may be made in some cases)...*
*
*

Are there really that many suitable Gold OA journals for FWF researchers to
publish in instead of the established subscription journals? Or is this
hybrid Gold OA (double-payment)?

And does FWF really have that much spare research money to spend on Gold OA
fees instead of research, when subscriptions are still paying for
publication and FWF researchers could provide immediate Green OA for over
60% (including most of the top journals in every discipline) at no added
cost (and Almost-OA for the remaining 40%, during any OA embargo period)?

A statistical breakdown of the FWF 65% by Green, Gold, hybrid Gold, field
and cost would be very informative for us all.

Stevan Harnad
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