If At First You Don't Succeed Tri-Tri-Again? Assessing the Impact of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications

By reviewing SSHRC grant projects between 2015–2022, this research intends to determine which recipients have published their findings in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, whether funding was used to cover the cost of an APC, and, if so, was a transformative agreement applied. This research intends to gain insight into:

1. Have the publishing practices of early-career Social Sciences and Humanities researchers have shifted,
   a. If so, has this occurred more within specific disciplines?;
2. Do specific journals have benefitted from the OA Policy,
   • If so, do specific disciplines benefit?;
3. Are libraries are contributing to the cost of the OA Policy through transformative agreements; and
4. Whether SSHRC is enforcing the OA policy.

The Tri-Agency funding agencies released an Open Access Policy (“OA Policy”) in late 2016. The OA Policy was guided by the following principles: 1) Advance Knowledge, 2) Minimize Research Duplication, 3) Maximize Research Benefits, 4) Promote Research Accomplishments. The policy stated that peer-reviewed journal

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