Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
In November 2022, you introduced the Kaupapahere Rangahau Tuwhera - Open Research Policy
for all new MBIE-funded research. It has now been two years since the policy's release. I am
seeking detailed information regarding the level of compliance with this policy with respect to
publications and how you are monitoring adherence.
AgResearch response in blue font.
Section A: Open Access Publications
Since the release of the policy:
AgResearch comment: MBIE’s policy applies to:
• research partial y or ful y funded by MBIE from 1 January 2023, and to
• peer reviewed articles and peer reviewed conference proceedings.
1. How many peer-reviewed publications arising from ful y or partial y MBIE-funded research
have been made available with Open Access?
AgResearch: 85
2. What is the increase in Open Access publications compared to the three years preceding
the policy's introduction?
AgResearch: 2020-2022: 25% publications Open Access; 2023-2024: 75% publications
Open Access; increase in Open Access publications: 33%
3. How many MBIE-funded research publications were made available through ful y Open
Access journals (i.e., Gold OA) since the policy was released?
AgResearch: 41
4. How many MBIE-funded research publications were made available through Hybrid Open
Access journals since the policy was released?
AgResearch: 39
5. How many publications were made available as Green Open Access since the policy was
released?
AgResearch: 4
Section B: Open Access and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs)
1. Please provide a list of CRIs with ful y operational Institutional Repositories.
AgResearch
: https://agresearch.figshare.com/
2. For each CRI
How many publications have been
deposited in the repository since the policy's introduction?
(i.e., Postprints, Author’s Accepted Manuscript/AAM, Publisher’s Version/Version of
Record/VoR)?
AgResearch: 414 (283 articles; 131 conference contributions) have been deposited in our
Figshare repository.
How much has been spent on Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Gold Open Access or
Hybrid Open Access in the last calendar year?
AgResearch: estimated at $286K
3. If a Crown Research Institute does not have an operational Institutional Repository, please
provide the reasons for this.
Not applicable to AgResearch.
Section C: Monitoring Compliance
1. How is MBIE monitoring and auditing compliance with the Kaupapahere Rangahau Tuwhera
- Open Research Policy among CRIs and universities?
AgResearch: MBIE to answer this question.
2. What resources (FTE) are al ocated by you to compliance monitoring and auditing?
AgResearch: MBIE to answer this question.
3. What is the degree of compliance by CRIs and universities with the policy? Please provide
numbers for:
• Ful y compliant institutions
• Partial y compliant institutions
• Non-compliant institutions.
AgResearch is partial y compliant, aiming for ful compliance.
4. What actions has/does MBIE take in cases of partial or non-compliance?
AgResearch: MBIE to answer this question.
5. And what penalties have been/can MBIE impose for partial or non-compliance by an
institution or a Principal Investigator/Program Leader? And has this happened and for which
institution(s)?
AgResearch: MBIE needs to answer this question.
