STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Robert Koch Institute have entered into a two-year trial agreement. The agreement allows researchers at Robert Koch Institute to systematically post their manuscripts in the institutional repository.
Elsevier and the Robert Koch Institute share the goal of broadening access to scientific information. The partnership serves this goal, and it makes the work of authors of the Robert Koch Institute and the contribution of the institute to research more visible and useful. Many scientists have a desire to post their manuscripts in their institutions' repositories, but feel reluctant to do so without the consent of their publisher, it has been observed. This type of agreement helps solve that issue.
According to Alicia Wise, Director of Universal Access at Elsevier, agreements like this between Elsevier and a research institution facilitates access to research through institutional repositories, helping authors, institutions and publishers reach out to an even wider audience.
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