<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Reckling, Falk, Dr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at" target="_blank">Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote">
<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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: <a href="http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/peer-reviewed_publications.html" target="_blank">http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/peer-reviewed_publications.html</a></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>The <a href="http://roarmap.eprints.org/33/">FWF Open Access Mandate</a>, according to ROARMAP, is the following:</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/public_relations/oai/index.html" style="color:rgb(51,102,187)">http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/public_relations/oai/index.html</a></span></div>
"<i>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..</i>." </div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></blockquote>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?<div>
<br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><i>...the costs of journal articles should not exceed EUR 3,000.00. (upon consultation with the FWF, exceptions may be made in some cases)...</i></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><i><br></i></span></div></blockquote><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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)? </font><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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)?</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A statistical breakdown of the FWF 65% by Green, Gold, hybrid Gold, field and cost would be very informative for us all.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Stevan Harnad</font></div>