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=== Open access policy ===
[[File:Life expectancy in 1800, 1950, and 2015.png|thumb|Life expectancy in 1800, 1950, and 2015 – visualization by [[Our World in Data]]]]

In November 2014, the Gates Foundation announced that they were adopting an [[Open access mandate|open access (OA) policy]] for [[open access (publishing)|publications]] and [[open science data|data]], "to enable the unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded by the foundation, including any underlying data sets".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2014/11/Knowledge-is-Power |title=Knowledge is Power: Sharing Information Can Accelerate Global Health Impact |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=December 30, 2014 |website=Impatient Optimists |publisher=Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation }}</ref> Its terms have been called the most stringent among similar OA policies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/11/gates-foundation-announces-worlds-strongest-policy-on-open-access-research.html |title=Gates Foundation announces world's strongest policy on open access research |website=News blog Nature.com |access-date=January 23, 2015 |date=November 21, 2014 |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316044529/http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/11/gates-foundation-announces-worlds-strongest-policy-on-open-access-research.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As of January 1, 2015, their Open Access policy is effective for all new agreements.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Information/Open-Access-Policy |title=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Open Access Policy |access-date=April 7, 2015 |website=Website of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |archive-date=April 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408034457/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/how-we-work/general-information/open-access-policy |url-status=live }}</ref> In March 2017, it was confirmed that the open access policy, [[Gates Open Research]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gatesopenresearch.org/ |title=Gates Open Research |website=gatesopenresearch.org |access-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726170512/https://gatesopenresearch.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> would be based on the same initiative launched in 2016 by [[Wellcome Trust]] in their Wellcome Open Research policy<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/ |title=Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. |website=wellcomeopenresearch.org |access-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701004101/https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> launched in partnership with [[F1000Research|F1000 Research]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gates-foundation-joins-shift-towards-open-access-platforms |title=Gates Foundation joins shift towards open access platforms |date=March 23, 2017 |work=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=March 24, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324090102/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gates-foundation-joins-shift-towards-open-access-platforms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Butler |first=Declan |title=Gates Foundation announces open-access publishing venture |journal=Nature |volume=543 |issue=7647 |pages=599 |language=en |doi=10.1038/nature.2017.21700 |pmid=28358109 |year=2017 |bibcode=2017Natur.543..599B |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The Gates Foundation supported [[Our World in Data]], one of the world's largest open-access publications.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2016/08/OPP1152680 |title=OPP1152680 |website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |language=en |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321050450/https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2016/08/OPP1152680 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bill Gates called the publication his "favorite website".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Max-Roser-three-facts-everyone-should-know |title=Memorizing these three statistics will help you understand the world |last=Roser |first=Max |website=gatesnotes.com |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726170417/https://www.gatesnotes.com/Max-Roser-three-facts-everyone-should-know |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, the Gates Foundation announced a "preprint-centric" open access policy, and their intention to stop paying article-processing charges.<ref name="Lenharo 2024 b052">{{cite journal |last1=Lenharo |first1=Mariana |title=Will the Gates Foundation's preprint-centric policy help open access? |journal=Nature |date=4 April 2024 |doi=10.1038/d41586-024-00996-8 |pmid=38575826 }}</ref>