25 June 2024
This report follows OSTP’s report in November 2023 (November 2023 Report), which included an indepth financial analysis of: (1) article processing charges (APCs) and transformative agreement costs borne by federal research grantees during fiscal years 2016 to 2021; (2) an assessment of these financing mechanisms on the volume of research publications authored by scientists from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines; and (3) a discussion of additional data needed to inform a more robust understanding of the financial impacts of public access policies for scholarly publications.
This current report elaborates on:
- Implementation to advance federal public access policies. Updated agency public access policies will go into effect by December 31, 2025, in accordance with the 2022 Memorandum.
- Trends in scholarly publishing since the release of the November 2023 Report, including further discussion of business models to enable public access to federally funded research, as well as domestic and global developments in advancing public access to research results.
- An expansion of the analysis of estimated article processing charges paid to publish federally funded research from 2016 to 2022, with further discussion of limitations associated with calculating these charges.
- Efforts to advance research integrity, including through implementation of federal public access policies and open science practices.
- Continuing trends in peer review as they relate to research integrity, equity, and sustainability.