Open Access: EUA 2016-2017 survey results released, new survey launched

Already in its third edition, the 2016-2017 survey gathered responses from 338 universities and higher education institutions from 39 European countries, representing a 100% increase from the 2015-2016 response rate. Since its inception in 2014, the initiative has collected input from 400 different institutions across Europe, providing EUA with the basis for a series of recommendations in 2017 on Open Access to Research Publications and to Research Data. It also allowed the EUA Council to issue a Statement addressed to EU institutions and national governments indicating the type of support universities need to make Open Access and Open Science a reality. More...