Best practices and case studies

In 2023, PALOMERA devised a list of policymaking elements for academic books to identify gaps and good policy practices among institutional, regional, national and international open access-related policies. These elements also serve as a framework to help policymakers more precisely pinpoint their expectations, which has the potential to ensure better policy compliance.

Based on input from national research funders in the European Research Area, this article provides insights into the reality of policymaking for open access books. All interviews have been anonymised, but the identities of the interviewees are known to the authors.