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<p>As outlined in the recently published R&D Roadmap, Open Access is central to
the Government’s ambitions for research and innovation, with openness being key to
world class research, and to maximise the benefit of public research funding to other
researchers, businesses and wider audiences.</p><p>As part of the UKRI Open Access
review, UKRI is working with BEIS to consider implications for stakeholders. UKRI
and BEIS co designed analysis on the social and economic costs and benefits of Open
Access, which UKRI commissioned from an independent consultancy. This will assess
the possible implications for various groups such as Learned Societies, Research Organisations,
Disciplines and Publishers, as well as perspectives of users of Open Access publications
including businesses. This independent evidence on costs and benefits, and the responses
to the consultation on the proposed policy run by UKRI from Feb-May 2020, now provide
the basis for considering the wider social and economic implications.</p><p>The UKRI
open access review will report in Spring 2021. Together with its final policy, UKRI
will publish key pieces of analysis and this will include the assessment of possible
implications for stakeholders, and the analysis of consultation responses.</p><p>UKRI
supported Plan S and joined the coalition because working internationally is important
to help achieve open access, and Plan S broadly aligns with UKRI Open Access principles.
UKRI is considering the Plan S principles and guidance, including with regards to
rights retention, alongside other evidence and inputs within the broader aspects of
the Review. The outcomes of the review will determine the decision on the final UKRI
Open Access policy.</p><p>BEIS continues to work closely with UKRI to ensure that
the policy supports economic Open Access models where the fair, transparent and reasonable
costs of Open Access publishing are met.</p>
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