A post on the blog _Scholarly Kitchen_ summarizes findings from a recent report on costs to UK institutions to comply with the open access (OA) requirements of UK research funders, especially Research Councils UK and the Higher Education Funding Council for England: *£9.2m cost to UK research organizations of achieving compliance with RCUK Open Access Policy in 2013–2014 *The time devoted to OA compliance is equivalent to 110 full-time staff members across the UK *The burden of compliance falls disproportionately on smaller institutions, who receive minimal grant funding *The cost of meeting the deposit requirements for a post-2014 Research Excellence Framework is estimated at £4m–£5m *Gold OA takes 2 hours per article, at a cost of £81 *Green OA takes just over 45 minutes, at a cost of £33 *There is significant scope to realize efficiency savings in open access processes scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/12/08/quantifying-the-costs-of-open-access-in-the-uk/
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:23:15 +0000
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