Data for the above chart can be downloaded here: OASPA Members CC-BY Growth A total of 252,418 articles were published with the CC-BY license during the period shown above. Data was supplied by the following members of OASPA as number of CC-BY articles per year since implementation of the license by that publisher: BioMed Central (2000-2012 which includes SpringerOpen… Read full article >

At OASPA, one of the criteria for membership is that a publisher must use a liberal license that encourages the reuse and distribution of content. We strongly encourage (but currently do not require) the use of the CC-BY license wherever possible.  Given recent moves in the UK by the Wellcome Trust and the Research Councils… Read full article >