Why open access advocates aren’t thrilled with the DOE’s plan to expand public access to its research

The Department of Energy released its plan to implement a White House directive aimed at opening up more federally funded research to the public. But some access advocates, such as Heather Joseph, the executive director of Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), say the policy "falls short in some key areas." Among the complaints is that there's a lack of clarity around reuse rights. Under the DOE plan, publishers retain their rights under copyright to their version of the research, while the metadata in PAGES will be in the public domain.