Abstract
Watch the VIDEO of the presentation.To support the transition to Open Access (OA ), the Royal Society of Chemistry introduced the Gold for Gold initiative in 2012, rewarding all institutions subscribing to RSC Gold with voucher codes to make papers available via OA, free of charge.The ‘Gold for Gold’ scheme started as a pilot for the UK only and was rolled out to universities and research institutes in the rest of the world in 2013. In 2015 more than 700 customers qualified for this project and over 10,000 voucher codes were issued.We will provide background information and figures about the usage of the vouchers and acceptance of the project. We will review if there is a traceable record of success, what effect the Gold for Gold project has on the RSC publications, if there is any measurable global impact; and finally what changes to expect in the future.With this presentation we want to support and add to the discussion around transition to Open Access, to promote Open Science and encourage further development of open access policies.
Highlights
Green OA OptionsAllow authors to deposit accepted manuscript version in a non-commercial repository
Gold OA journal: Chemical Science (APC waiver until end 2017) RSC Advances – gold OA starting 2017
• Gold for Gold will end in 2017 • Focus on development
Summary
Allow authors to deposit accepted manuscript version in a non-commercial repository. RSC Gold Journal Package subscribing institutions are provided Voucher Codes for authors to publish Gold OA free of charge. 1 Voucher Code per £1600 subscription price ( example £ 16,000 subscription price/ £1600= 10 G4G Vouchers)
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