Ireland gets national guidelines for open-access publishing

Guidelines will support Ireland’s plan to achieve full open access to research publications by 2030

Ireland’s first national guidelines for open-access publishing have been created, providing practical support for scholarly publishers and authors.

The Royal Irish Academy, which co-led the project with Trinity College Dublin, said that open access has several benefits for society, such as increasing the transparency around research findings and broadening access to timely knowledge. The guidelines show how open access can also help researchers and publishers to increase the citation and discoverability of their research.