In 2022, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum to make taxpayer-funded research immediately available for the public to freely access and use. This guidance updates and strengthens a 2013 OSTP directive by eliminating the 12-month embargo on making articles and data open.  Funders including NIH, DOE, and NASA have released updated plans. Learn more about new federal funder policies.

The revised NIH public access policy from December 2024 goes into effect for journal articles accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025. The policy requires immediate public access to articles. Embargoes are no longer permitted. Go here for more information & updates on other federal funder public access policy changes.

From Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL): A new guide with tips for researchers on how to choose a journal for their research. Publishing choices are often influenced by researchers’ desire to ensure timely and wide dissemination of their research results while at the same time meeting requirements set by their institutions and/or research funders, as well as requirements that researchers need to meet for research evaluation, assessment and promotion. General advice from the EIFL guide: Indexation in databases such as the Web of Science or Scopus isn’t a warranty of quality. If you are required by your institution or funder […]