In the US, all research funded by the National Institutes of Health must be made publicly available on PubMed Central after a delay of up to 12 months (https://

In the US, all research funded by the National Institutes of Health must be made publicly available on PubMed Central after a delay of up to 12 months (https://publicaccess.nih.gov/ https://publicaccess.nih.gov/). This is a good thing, but no embargo would be so much better. It's difficult to change this situation because the journal subscription fees are paid from university budgets and are invisible to academics. Authors and editors benefit from affiliation with prestigious journals' brands. The university library system and the taxpayer pays the cost. Academics also pay a cost in wasted time wrestling with journal paywalls, but that will go away only decades after a complete switch to open access. Open Access is definitely the right thing to do, but the economic incentives are aligned against it. Since there are ~ 300 applicants per open faculty position these days every bit of self-promotion is perceived to be life-or-death for one's career.