The open access move follows

Not being open access to taxpayer-funded information is the point accused by critics of built academic and research communities. With appealing to open access to research results and scholarly publications digitization, European Commission first moved to require open access to academic publications from public funded research. This was a big victory for open access supporters and sent a signal of open access prior to the present scientific publication model.

EU digital chief Neelie Kroes announced that the union will "require open access to all publications stemming from EU-funded research." Kroes said that "taxpayers who are paying for that research will want to see something back," and that "all in all, we are putting openness at the heart of EU research and innovation funding."

Not long after that, the US and Australia announced to open up access to scientific funding though critics argue the US has not gone far enough. In February, the White House issued a requirement that federal agencies give $100 million or more a year in research funding to make the scientific papers they fund "freely available to the public within one year of publication. For the time being, most scientific works cost not a small amount expenditure to be available through subscription journals and websites.

A few days ago, Commissioner Kroes also launched the Research Data Alliance: a cooperative model intended to help gather and share scientific data around the world. "Our society and our future are best served through science that is faster, better, and more open," Kroes said. "We are propelled by the same, inevitable currents of change. And I look forward to continuing to work on this with the US, Australia, and others."

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