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October 21, 20250 citationsOpen Access

Almost 60% of Wellcome-funded papers in PMC are fully open access

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Key Points

  • About 60% of Wellcome-funded papers are fully accessible, indicating significant compliance with open access policies.
  • The Wellcome Trust provides additional funding for dissemination costs, ensuring research is widely available.
  • Funding covers open access charges, promoting the widespread dissemination of research findings.
  • The commitment from Wellcome Trust encourages grantholders to prioritize open access in their publishing strategies.

Abstract

The Wellcome Trust's Open Access policy has always made it clear that it considers dissemination costs as legitimate research costs and as such provides grantholders with additional funding, through their institutions, to cover open access charges.

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A 2010 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f6f7712ea49fe6012ff95chttps://doi.org/10.59350/9p12q-c6692
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  1. 1Open access at the Wellcome Trust: 5 years on2010
  2. 2Analysis of where Wellcome-funded authors publish: 2009 data2010
  3. 3Wellcome Trust calls for greater transparency from journals on open access publishing costs2009
  4. 4Raising compliance with UKPMC Funders' OA mandates: action plan2010
  5. 5Open access licence: researcher opinion sought2009