Access2Research
Sign in to savethumb|right|thumbtime=68|A video by Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition|SPARC in support of the campaign. thumb|A normalized heatmap of per-capita signatures to the petition by U.S. state. Highest support from Massachusetts (red), lowest from [[Mississippi (white).]] thumb|The Access2Research Founders, Heather Joseph, [[John Wilbanks, Michael W. Carroll and Mike Rossner after meeting at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.]] Access2Research is a campaign in the United States for academic journal publishing reform led by open access advocates Michael W. Car
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thumb|right|thumbtime=68|A video by Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition|SPARC in support of the campaign. thumb|A normalized heatmap of per-capita signatures to the petition by U.S. state. Highest support from Massachusetts (red), lowest from [[Mississippi (white).]] thumb|The Access2Research Founders, Heather Joseph, [[John Wilbanks, Michael W. Carroll and Mike Rossner after meeting at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.]] Access2Research is a campaign in the United States for academic journal publishing reform led by open access advocates Michael W. Carroll, Heather Joseph, Mike Rossner, and John Wilbanks.
On May 20, 2012, it launched a petition to the White House to "require free access over the Internet to journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research". The White House has committed to issue an official response to such petitions if they reach 25,000 signatures within 30 days. Access2Research reached this milestone within two weeks. On February 22, 2013, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and announced an executive directive ordering all US Federal Agencies with research & development budgets over $100M to develop public access policies within twelve months.