EU Council calls for transparent, fair and open access to academic publications

On 23 May 2023, the Council of the EU adopted conclusions on high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and fair academic publishing, calling for immediate and unrestricted open access in the publication of research involving public funds.

In its conclusions, the Council of the EU calls on the Commission and Member States to support policies aimed at a model of academic publishing that is not-for-profit, open access and in multiple formats, at no cost to authors or readers.

This is an advance of the utmost importance for science and the research community.

Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič is the KR21 National Coordinator for Slovenia and the region of the Western Balkans.