Open access policies, statements, and resolutions from a number of organizations and institutions:
The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities of 22 October 2003 is one of the milestones of the Open Access movement.
This 2003 statement drafted by the biomedical research community defines open access and supports open access publishing.
This 2001 initiative launched by the Open Society Institute established a foundation of open access principles relating to research literature.
This searchable database provides information about the open access publishing and archiving policies of many key funding agencies.
This searchable database provides information about the open access publishing and archiving policies of publishers and individual journals.
The World Bank recognizes an open access policy for its published documents and reports.
Federal funders in the United States
With the 2013 OSTP Public Access mandate, research funded by many government agencies must now be made publicly available, with some private funders adopting similar policies. Keep in mind that publishing in an open access journal does not necessarily satisfy compliance with these policies and may not be necessary for compliance. Rather, these policies require the deposit of research publications and data in particular open repositories, regardless of the type of journal in which they have been published. See specific policies from SPARC for more information.
What is a public access mandate?
Research funders and organizations are increasingly adopting mandates that encourage or require researchers to make their research findings freely and publicly accessible. A "public" or "open" access mandate or policy usually refers to a policy of a research funding agency, foundation or institution.
cOAlition S funders
cOAlition S, an alliance of research funding and performing institutions, consists primarily (but not exclusively) of European organizations. US members include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Their plan S requires member-funded research to be published in open access journals or on open access platforms, with no embargo. The Journal Checker Tool is useful for determining whether a publication option meets plan S requirements.