Monographs and book chapters must become a larger part of the open access landscape

The Wellcome Trust’s open access policy, which requires funded research publications be made openly available, now extends to scholarly monographs and book chapters and additional funds will be provided to cover publishers’ OA monograph processing charges. Cecy Marden provides further background on the Trust’s decision-making process and explains why the additional costs (0.1% of their total research spend) are worth the investment.