[GOAL] Rick Rylance (CEO, AHRC) on RCUK on Green (and Embargoes)

[Stevan Harnad]

Rick Rylance (CEO,
AHRC<http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/About-Us/Governance-structure/Senior-Management-Team/Pages/Professor-Rick-Rylance.aspx>)
in Independent<http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/research-matters-students-will-reap-the-benefits-of-new-thinking-on-access-to-valuable-research-materials-8167978.html>onRCUK
policy:


*"because we recognise that… the… pay-to-publish "gold" model of Open
Access.. is not always available, we've retained a mixed model **for the
time being**. This means that **if there is not a to pay-to-publish option,
researchers can opt for the "green" model of open access** where the paper
would be available via a repository **after an embargo period**… [Emphasis
added]*


Why "for the time being"?


Why (cost-free) Green only if (paid) Gold unavailable?


Why is Green described as embargoed when over 60% of journals (including
the top journals in most fields) already endorse immediate, unembargoed
Green (and "Almost OA" is available for the remaining 40%)?


Is RCUK trying to encourage publishers to increase their Green OA embargoes?
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