"In my view, access restrictions [on scientific research articles] are like trade barriers for the mind. Trade barriers restrict the exchange of goods and non-open access journals establish barriers for the exchange of knowledge. In both fields, economy and science, barriers hamper the development of the full potential. Our own paper at BioMed Central was thought of as a humble contribution to the open access movement in science." Hans Moises, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Kiel University Hospital. (Thanks to the October 18 BMC Update.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/20/2002 11:15:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
