NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access

NIH to Cap How Much Journals Can Charge Authors for Open Access

(MedPage Today) -- The NIH plans to cap how much researchers can pay to have NIH-funded work published in major journals, the agency announced this week. The exact amount of that cap, however, has yet to be determined. In an email to MedPage Today...

NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute “Scientific Elite”

Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate. The National Institutes of Health announced a plan Tuesday to implement a cap on the fees publishers can charge NIH-funded researchers to make their work publicly accessible.

NIH to cap publishing fees for publicly funded research

The National Institutes of Health announced it will put a limit on publisher fees for publicly funded research by Fiscal Year 2026.

NIH to Cap Publishing Fees for Publicly Funded Research

NIH to Impose Cap on Fees Paid to Journals to Publish Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon impose a cap on money that can go to journals to publish the results of taxpayer-funded research, officials announced on July 8. The NIH is going to impose the cap starting in fiscal year 2026, which runs for 12 months beginning Oct. 1, 2025, the NIH said in a statement. “This policy marks a critical step in protecting the integrity of the scientific publishing system while ensuring that public i…

POLITICO Pro: NIH to cap fees journal publishers charge researchers

Starting next year, the agency will limit how much the publications can charge government-backed scientists to make their work publicly available.