- The Indian science ecosystem is now ranking third globally in research output, and eleventh in quality, according to the Nature Index.
- ‘Ease of doing science’ can lead to discoveries and innovation hinges on robust infrastructure and resources.
- From 2014 to 2021, the number of universities in India rose from 760 to 1,113.
- Essential resources such as instrumental access, sophisticated labs and access to the literature underpins research.
- There has been a pioneering initiative, I-STEM, to bridge the gap by cataloguing all publicly funded research facilities nationwide and making them available to researchers based on need.
- The call for ‘One Nation, One Subscription (ONOS)’ proposes a centralised model of subscription to scientific journals, making them universally available to all publicly funded institutions.
- A much larger fraction of articles is available via Open Access (OA), which means that articles are available freely for everyone online.
- An analysis of publications indexed in the Web of Science shows that the fraction of OA publications globally increased from 38% in 2018 to 50% in 2022.
- Green Open Access: Every article authored by Indian researchers and funded by taxpayer money should be archived in publicly funded OA repositories. This practice exemplifies Green Open Access.
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