UCL LCCOS – Lib a y, Cul u e
Collec ions, Open Science
D Paul Ay is, FRHis S
P o-Vice-P o os (UCL LCCOS)
Chai , LERU G oup o Open Science Ambassado s
Chai , OAI14 Scien i ic O ganising Commi ee
E-mail: p.ay [email protected]
LinkedIn: h ps://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-ay is-aa4bb72/
ORCID: 0000-0002-6273-411X
The Fu u e o Open Access beyond
T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s
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Con en
Open Science as a jou ney
T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s
Righ s Re en ion
UCL Publica ions Policy (2025)
Diamond Open Access
A Wo ld View
Conclusions
Global No h
Global Sou h
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UCL Po ico, 1826
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Open Science as a Jou ney
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Open Access publishing
Gold Diamond
T ans o ma i e
Ag eemen s Righ s Re en ion
Se ices
Open Jou nals Collec i e
Funding
Funde s
SCOSS
Ad ocacy
Public In as uc u es
Ba celona Decla a ion
G een
Hyb id
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T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s
TAs ha e been a success ul
mechanism o cons ain cos s
when e iewing a he sec o
le el. The 2022 Jisc TAs
(excluding Sp inge Na u e) ha e
deli e ed ac ual cos sa ings o
£16.7m o subsc ibing ins i u ions
in he i s yea o he ag eemen
when compa ed o expendi u e in
he p eceding yea 7
T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s a e a
empo a y mechanism o suppo
publishe s wi h ansi ioning i les
o be ully OA
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A e iew o ansi ional ag eemen s in he UK, published by Jisc in 2024 -
h ps://www.jisc.ac.uk/ epo s/a- e iew-o - ansi ional-ag eemen s-in- he-uk
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T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s
As an ea ly adop e o
ans o ma i e ag eemen s, he
UK appea s o be ansi ioning o
open access mo e e ec i ely han
he global a e age. In 2022, he
numbe o UK open access
a icles was 4% highe han he
global a e age (UK: 50%; global
46%)
Based on he jou nal lipping a es
obse ed be ween 2018 – 2022 i
would ake a leas 70 yea s o
he big i e publishe s o lip hei
TA i les o OA
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A e iew o ansi ional ag eemen s in he UK, published by Jisc in 2024 -
h ps://www.jisc.ac.uk/ epo s/a- e iew-o - ansi ional-ag eemen s-in- he-uk
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T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s
T anspa ency on how OA
publishing cha ges a e cos ed
emains elusi e; mos TA
publishe s do no p o ide
de ailed expenses and e enue
b eakdown. As o July 2023
only nine o he 38 TA
publishe s had submi ed da a
o cOAli ion S’s Jou nal
Compa ison Se ice (JCS)17
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A e iew o ansi ional ag eemen s in he UK, published by Jisc in 2024 -
h ps://www.jisc.ac.uk/ epo s/a- e iew-o - ansi ional-ag eemen s-in- he-uk
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Open Access publishing
Gold Diamond
T ans o ma i e
Ag eemen s Righ s Re en ion
Se ices
Open Jou nals Collec i e
Funding
Funde s
SCOSS
Ad ocacy
Public In as uc u es
Ba celona Decla a ion
G een
Hyb id
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Righ s e en ion
Righ s e en ion is a s a egy ha
allows au ho s o academic a icles o
e ain ce ain igh s o hei wo k, e en
a e signing a copy igh ans e
ag eemen wi h a publishe . This
enables au ho s o sha e and euse
hei wo k mo e eely, such as by
deposi ing i in ins i u ional eposi o ies
o sha ing i wi hin hei esea ch
communi ies
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Plas e Relie by John Flaxman,
Flaxman Galle y, UCL
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Funding
Global Sus ainabili y Coali ion o
Open Science Se ices (SCOSS),
es ablished in 2017, is a ne wo k o
in luen ial o ganisa ions commi ed o
helping secu e OA and OS
in as uc u e well in o he u u e
h ps://scoss.o g/
SCOSS acili a es a c owd unding-
like model whe e hese con ibu o s
pledge suppo o selec ed, non-
comme cial Open Science
in as uc u es o a de ined pe iod
Th ee se ices may be selec ed o
unding each yea
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Ad ocacy
LERU Open Science Ambassado s,
which I now chai
P oduced an ad ocacy pape on
sha ed Open Access in as uc u es
LERU's Public In as uc u e
Task o ce (PIT) has add essed he
issue o digi al so e eign y. The PIT
en isages an open and public
in as uc u e landscape wi h a
numbe o speci ic cha ac e is ics
h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/8328514
I in end o c ea e a public B ie ing
pape on hese issues
Ba celona Decla a ion
(2024) - h ps://ba celona-
decla a ion.o g/
Openness he de aul
Decla a ion will suppo he
sus ainabili y o
in as uc u es o open
esea ch in o ma ion
They will suppo collec i e
ac ion 17
F om FREEPiK
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Wha is happening
ac oss he wo ld?
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NASA/Godda d/
A izona S a e
Uni e si y
OA Diamond S udy 2021, p. 32
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Analysis
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AI-gene a ed om FREEPIK
h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/Diamond_open_access#ci e
_no e-OA_Diamond_S udy_2021_32-41
Eu ope has a adi ion o
comme cial publishe s
Majo i y o diamond open
access jou nals a e published
in La in Ame ica (a ound 25%)
and Eu ope (a ound 45%)
Diamond model is especially
p e alen in La in Ame ica, wi h
95% o open access jou nals
egis e ed in DOAJ, and
in Eas e n Eu ope (81%)
P og ess in La in Ame ica was
la gely s uc u ed a ound
publicly suppo ed pla o ms
like Redalyc, o Scielo a he
han APC-based publishe s
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T ans o ma i e Ag eemen s do no deli e all Open
Science solu ions
They a e no equi able, and hey e-in o ce cu en high
p icing in he jou nals ma ke
Digi al So e eign y ends o suppo he Diamond OA
model
La in Ame ica is an example o wha can be done
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Posi ion in he
Global No h
Has Eu ope aken a w ong s ep
in backing T ans o ma i e
Ag eemen s?
TAs ake oo long o deli e
100% OA, a e no equi able and
bake high cos s in o he sys em
No h Ame ica has no aken a
leade ship ole in he OA space
UK canno lead because o he
p e alence o well-es ablished
comme cial publishe s
The e is a leade ship gap, wi h
a need o someone o ill i
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F ee o use unde he Pixabay Con en License
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The Global Sou h
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h ps://en.wikipedia.o g/wiki/Global
_No h_and_Global_Sou h
China has he abili y o be a
wo ld leade in ou Open
Science jou ney
Thei ole as an eme ging oice
in global esea ch ou pu s gi es
China he oppo uni y o
in luence global de elopmen s
Hong Kong can be he b idge
be ween China and he Global
No h
I is a unique ole wi h
eno mous oppo uni ies
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And inally…
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