Copy of the presentation made at the National Consultation on Responsible Research and Innovation, organised by Department of Science & Technology (Government of India) and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

1. Dr Arul George Scaria
Co-Director, CIIPC | Assistant Professor, National Law University Delhi
Open Science and Open Access Policies in India:
What have we learned so far?
Roundtable Consultation on Responsible Research and Innovation, DST & RIS,April 28, 2017

2. Context
 Replicability
 Transparency
 Collaboration
 Inclusiveness
 Quality
 Use of scarce
resources
 Accessibility of
research outputs
 Accessibility for
physically
challenged
 Interaction
between science
and society
GLOBAL CRISIS

3. What is open science?
 Diverse definitions
 http://ciipc.org/projects/open-science-for-an-innovative-india/
 Scientific inquiries wherein the characteristics of openness,
collaboration, transparency, availability, accessibility, constant
and continuous transfer of knowledge between producers and
users of knowledge, prioritisation of research based on social
needs, and non-existence/ minimal existence of IP restrictions
are perceptible and exist throughout all stages of research.

4. Characteristics
 Encompasses most of the ‘open’ movements like open access,
open data, open lab notes and open research tools
 ‘Transparency’ - transparency in methodology, research tools,
research data and generation/ communication/ presentation of
results
 ‘Accessibility’ - availability in online/digital formats at marginal
costs; enables disabled friendly scientific inquiry
 ‘Open data’ - data for reuse and redistribution, through
connecting and integrating data as well as providing proper
metadata; data from the research are published immediately on
generation of data or as early as practical
 High priority to open problems and citizen science

5. Importance of open science
Enhances collaboration and transparency
Optimal use of scarce resources
More effective and efficient scientific inquiry
Rapid diffusion of knowledge/ improves the
impact of research
Democratises science
Supports the innovation ecosystem

6.  Current status of the open science movements in India?
 Current status of the open access movements in India?

7.  Scope and limitations of major OA policies in India, from
a comparative perspective: Some important issues

8. Where to deposit
DBT/DST CSIR ICAR Horizon 2020 NIH NSF
DBT/DST
OA Policy
CSIR OA
Mandate
ICAR OA
Policy
Horizon 2020 NIH NSF
IR
If IR absent,
central
repositories
set up by
DBT/DST
IR IR Encourages deposit in
discipline-specific
repositories (Ex: PubMed
Central,ArXiv, etc.)
For monographs, book
chapters and other
long-text publications –
OAPEN library
If no appropriate
discipline specific
repository available, IR
or centralised
repository
Insufficient-
personal/ institutional/
project webpage/ accessible
dropbox/ websites requiring
user registration
(Academia.edu, RG, etc.)
PubMed
Central
NSF public
access
repository

9. When to deposit/ embargo limit
DBT/DST
OA Policy
CSIR OA
Mandate
ICAR OA
Policy
Horizon
2020
NIH NSF
Within 2 weeks
following
acceptance for
publication
If the journal
insists on
embargo – still
to be deposited,
but the papers
would be made
available at the
end of embargo
Recommended
embargos - 6
months for STM,
12 months for
AHS
Not
mentioned
Immediately
following
acceptance for
publication
Max. 12
months
embargo
Commercial
books –
negotiate with
publishers -
share “after a
suitable
embargo
period”
As soon as
possible; at the
latest upon
publication
Embargos -
Social Sciences
and humanities:
max. 12 months
Others- max. 6
months
Deposit upon
acceptance
for
publication
Max. 12
months
embargo
Max. 12
months
embargo - If a
publisher's
embargo
exceeds 12
months, NSF
will make
available the
version
deposited in
the NSF public
access
repository

10. Usage Restrictions
DBT/DST
OA Policy
CSIR OA
Mandate
ICAR OA
Policy
Horizon 2020 NIH NSF
Lacks clarity Not
mentioned
Written
permission
required for
commercial
or other
purposes
(except
academic
and
research
purposes)
Beneficiaries are
encouraged to
provide broader
rights
Cites CC license
models as an
example
Fair use Fair use

11. Findability/ease of reference/ ease of use
DBT/DST OA
Policy
CSIR OA
Mandate
ICAR OA
Policy
Horizon 2020 NSF
Metadata
Interoperability of
IRs
Links to IRs in the
central harvester
Metadata
Interoperability of
IRs
Central harvester
Metadata
Central
harvester
Metadata
Persistent identifier
(ex: DOI)
FAIR principles
Information about
tools or
instruments to
validate results
Machine readability
Metadata
Persistent
identifier
Machine-
readable
metadata
elements
PDF/A

12. Indian context
 Current challenges?
 Road ahead?

13. Thank You!
Comments/ Suggestions: arul.scaria@nludelhi.ac.in
[Thankfully acknowledges Shreyashi Ray (Research Fellow, CIIPC), Rishika Rangarajan (Former Research Fellow, CIIPC) and all
other members of the Open Science ProjectTeam at CIIPC for their excellent inputs and suggestions]

14. Useful references
DBT/DST
http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/APPROVED-OPEN-ACCESS-POLICY-DBTDST12.12.2014.pdf
CSIR
http://www.csircentral.net/mandate.pdf
ICAR
http://icar.org.in/en/node/6609
Horizon 2020
Guidelines on Implementation of Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data-
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/hi/oa-pilot/h2020-hi-erc-oa-guide_en.pdf
Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020-
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf
https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/sites/default/files/documents/EU_IPR_IP-Guide.pdf
NIH
https://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm#Applicability
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/NIH-Public-Access-Plan.pdf
NIH submission methods- https://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process.htm
PMC submission methods- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/submission-methods/
PMC file submission specifications- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/pub/filespec/
FAQ- https://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm##
NHS
Public Access Plan- https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15052/nsf15052.pdf
FAQ- https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16009/nsf16009.jsp#q20
Data Sharing Policy- https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp