Open Access Priorities: Peer Access or Public Access?
Amsciforum 2013-03-10
Summary:
For most research, "public access to publicly funded research," is not reason enough for providing OA, nor for mandating that OA be provided. Peer access, rather than just public access, is the reason (all) researchers (funded and unfunded, in all disciplines) should provide OA -- and the reason their institutions and funders should mandate that they provide OA.