Embargo No More!

PKP Welcomes White House Rule on Immediate Open Access.  

On August 25th 2022, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy terminated a major concession to publishers on the road to open access. The OSTP memo indicates that by December 31st, 2025, publishers will have to provide immediate public access to research sponsored by U.S. federal agencies, from Agricultural Research to Veterans Affairs. 

This puts an end to the 12-month embargo on open access following publication that publishers have been allowed to impose for more than a decade on this research. It will double the number of open articles that physicians seek access to in the course of their work, an earlier study of ours has shown. 
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