Public access is not equal access.

Parikh, Sudip; Malcom, Shirley M; Moran, Bill · Science · 2022

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Abstract

On 25 August, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provided guidance for scientific publishing aimed at making publications and their supporting data-the products of federally funded research-publicly available without an embargo by the end of 2025. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, the publisher of <i>Science</i> and the <i>Science</i> family of journals) strongly supports this guidance. As written, several paths to public access remain possible. It will matter greatly to the scientific enterprise which become predominant.