Looking for equality in open access | Crick

"I believe that science should always be equal, inclusive and open. That’s why I’m one of the Crick’s new Open Advocates: a group for raising awareness and helping scientists here to do open and collaborative science, and help make it the norm for scientific research.

At the Crick, we’re privileged to have access to the kind of funding we need to do ground-breaking research. Through core funding and grant money, we have the materials we need to conduct our work.

This means it’s relatively easy for us to access the research of others via the institute’s journal subscriptions, and we can ensure that our research is published openly by paying the article processing charges necessary to ensure that research is open from the minute it’s published. 

But other scientists don’t have the resources that we have...."