Open Science:
Publisher perspectives onopen access and licensing
Victoria Eva, SVP Global Policy & Industry Relations

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2Open science

Open science describes a way of working that ismore inclusive, collaborative and transparent.
Elsevier partners with the research community toempower open science. We believe open sciencecan benefit research and society and drive research
performance.
Today I’ll focus primarily on the first two pillars ofopen access and open data, and related licenses.

Open science

Openaccess

Open dataandtransparent
reportingOpenindicatorsand researchevaluation

Science andsocietyOpen tools and software

www.elsevier.com/open-scienceKey definitions in open accessGold open accessGreen open access✓ Final version of an article is immediately✓ A version of a subscription article is madeaccessible to everyone✓ The article is made available to readers under aCreative Commons end user license✓ Cost of publishing is recovered, typically via anArticle Publishing Charge (APC)

freely available✓ Relies on the subscription model to continue tooperate•

Usually after an embargo period•

A non-commercial Creative Commonsend user license is applied to theAccepted Manuscript

Other types of open access exist, including: Diamond open access and Bronze open access
More information: www.elsevier.com/open-accessSome specifics in publishing• Regardless of whether authors choose to publish open access or subscription with Elsevier, they have many of thesame rights, which support their need to share, disseminate and maximize the impact of their research.
• Open access: author retains copyright. Authors have a choice of Creative Commons license• Subscription: author transfers copyright to the publisher. Green open access route can be used
• Authors retain rights to share their research data. They have flexibility on their choice of licenses to share researchdata• We have adopted a license-based approach that automatically enables researchers at subscribing institutions totext mine for non-commercial research purposes and to gain access to full-text content in XML for this purpose.
We will also provide permissions for non-subscribers.
• We provide information to authors about their rights and license choices:• On our policy pages on Elsevier.com• Authors are advised about their choices when they aretaken through the workflow to submit their article

More information: https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/copyrightAuthor rights to the article - open access or subscription:• Receive proper attribution and credit for their published work
• Re-use their own material in new works without permission or
payment by:• Extending an article to book length• Including an article in a subsequent compilation of theirown work
• Re-using portions, excerpts, and their own figures ortables in other works• Use and share their works for scholarly purposes, including forclassroom teaching, in conferences, distributing article for
personal use, and an invitation-only work group• Publicly share the preprint anywhere at any timeA mixed policy landscape
North America• Office of Science and Technology Policy recommends immediatesharing of research findings; no requirements on end userlicenses• Federal agency data sharing policies should be live by end 2025
• NIH updated their data sharing policy from January 2023Europe• Various European countries (also UK) as part of Plan S havemandated immediate availability of research and CC licenses• European Union requires data sharing; encourages FAIR dataAsia

South America• Support for OA publication
platforms and Diamond OA, withless focus on licenses• The region shows a mix of approaches
and policies towards open access• Subscription is often prevalent• Japan announcing new open accesspolicyGlobal• G7 support immediate FAIR data sharing• G20 science advisers support efforts to expand
access to research

How we are responding to the shifts in the publishing ecosystem
Immediate access via the subscription model is being added as
an option to some policies• Funders requiring immediate access to articles are offering
authors a choice of doing so via different publication models• Some ask their authors to add a statement to their article toapply a CC license to their arising Accepted Manuscript
Elsevier enables authors to post immediately via gold openaccess• We enable authors to make their research immediately
available and to retain copyright through gold open access• Authors have choices of open access license• Authors are free to share and reuse research data regardless ofpublication modelTransformative agreements are deals with institutions thatenable Gold OA• Authors no longer have to find funds for APCs
• Elsevier supports almost 2,000 institutions to publish openaccessElsevier offers solutions to support equity

Subscription model• Research4Life: free/ discounted reading and publishing in over
120 Low and Middle Income Countries• Free access for patients and caregivers• Dedicated emergency resource centers• Supporting authors to share their publications
Gold open access• Transformative agreements• Waivers/discounts on publishing, including automaticallygranted to authors from countries in Global South• Adopted Geographical Pricing for Open Access pilot

Thank you
And any questions?

V.eva@elsevier.com