Is MIT’s policy unique?
No. Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as Stanford School of Education, have similar policies. Research funders are supporting such efforts as well. For instance, the National Institutes of Health now require posting of articles derived from research they fund in the open-access repository; and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as well as the Wellcome Trust require any scholarly articles on research they fund to be made openly accessible.
Related Questions
- Does the Mirror take sides on such issues? If so, what is the governing organization, and do such positions reflect similar policy of MITs Media Lab or the Council on Aging for the City of Melrose?
- Why doesn’t the policy offer a delay before posting the articles, so that the MIT version doesn’t show until after journal publication?
- What is the policy for visiting the MIT Sloan School of Management?
