Berkeley Prof. Demands Open Access to the People

Berkeley Prof. Demands Open Access to the People

Nathan Szajnberg, MD, Managing Editor

Professor Michael Eisen, at Berkeley, insists that research paid for by the U.S. taxpayer belongs to the public. Yet, he writes that profit-making journals are trying to make the public pay twice to read the results of their funded research:

“Since 2009, the results of that research have been available free of charge Continue reading Berkeley Prof. Demands Open Access to the People

Open Scientific Journals

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For science, open-access online journals are jostling the  profit-making paper journals. This continues the argument that publicly funded research belongs to the people, not the publishers.

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Scientists argue that online publication fosters a more open form of peer review, rather than the  slower-moving, more restricted nineteenth century paper journals.  Further, online permits greater access to both Continue reading Open Scientific Journals

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