Publishers work together to provide electronic access to authoritative publications for the Research Assessment Exercise.

With the outcomes of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) just published, Ed Hughes, RAE Manager for the Higher Education Funding Council of England (HEFCE) and Alicia Wise, the Chief Executive of the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) take a timely look behind the scenes describing the important contribution publishers made to simplify access to articles submitted for the exercise. An innovative partnership approach enabled free access to over 190,000 electronic journal articles for the 2008 RAE. Key project partners included HEFCE, the PLS, CrossRef, Eduserv, and a wide array of publishers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]