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Concept

Open-access mandate

An open-access mandate is a policy that requires researchers to deposit or publish their results openly, as a condition of their funding or employment.

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What it is

Related to

  • Open-access mandate relates to Open access. A mandate is a policy that requires research to be made open access.
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Description

Mandates are issued by funders or institutions and usually specify what must be deposited or published, where, when, and sometimes under which licence. Plan S is one prominent funder example.

Attributes

Attributes of Open-access mandate
urlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-access_mandate
identifierswikidata: Q2000006
statusactive
governanceNot applicable
prominenceextended
typeConcept
Tagsregion: global

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Last reviewed: 2026-11-12

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