Working together more constructively towards open access

Abstract

Open access is a key aim of research funders, institutions and academics. If sustainable solutions are to be found, we must work together as a whole community, including with publishers. Research funders have shown flexibility and sensitivity to publishers in how they make policies for delivering open access to the work they fund; for their part, publishers must now do their bit by acknowledging that a mixture of the green and gold routes is necessary to speed up any transition to open access, and by sorting out the perception problems associated with gold open access.