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Estimated effects of implementing an open access policy for grantees at a private foundation
1Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States of America.
Background:
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) was interested in understanding the potential effects of requiring that grantees publish their peer-reviewed research in open access journals.
Methods:
We collected data on more than 2,000 publications in over 500 journals that were generated by GBMF grantees since 2001. We then examined the journal policies to establish how two possible open access policies might have affected grantee publishing habits.
Results:
We found that 99.3% of the articles published by grantees would have complied with a policy that requires open access within 12 months of publication. We also estimated the maximum annual costs to GBMF for covering fees associated with "gold open access" to be between $400,000 and $2,600,000 annually.
Discussion:
Based in part on this study, GBMF has implemented a new open access policy that requires grantees make peer-reviewed publications fully available within 12 months.
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