An article by Lynn Eaton, MP criticises government response on open access publishing in the 13 Nov. issue of BMJ includes the comment that "the government would not want to damage what is currently a 'thriving, innovative market' in scientific, technical, and medical publishing. The income to UK science journals from overseas subscriptions alone is estimated to be 750m [UK pounds, or 1390m US dollars]". Another article in the same issue, by Paul Garner and Helen Smith, is entitled PLoS Medicine. An excerpt: "With science and research at the core of the journal, the editors have tackled head on the problems that cause a huge disease burden worldwide, with accessible articles about public health and the latest in molecular research in clinical disease and immunology".
Posted by
Jim Till at 11/14/2004 11:48:00 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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
