Published September 28, 2020 | Version v1
Report Open

Open Access: An Analysis of Publisher Copyright and Licensing Policies in Europe, 2020

Creators

  • 1. University of Kent
  • 2. City, University of London
  • 3. Brigitte Vézina-Law & Culture
  • 4. CRAI Universitat de Barcelona
  • 5. SPARC Europe

Description

This report investigates the copyright retention policy amongst publishers, self-archiving policies and records publisher policies on open licensing, also as relating to the Plan S requirements on rights and licensing. It should be understood as a snapshot in time informing on the current policy status.
It also provides policy development guidance to funders, institutions, publishers and their authors for positive change towards immediate OA.

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Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.4047001 (DOI)