My change of heart about open access journals… we can do better | Michelle Kelly-Irving | Notes from the research frontier

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-07-08

Summary:

"I have changed my mind about open access journals recently, and simultaneously confirmed that I am a naive optimist. The open access movement is unfortunately prone to the cynical profit-driven culture of the publishing world – which open access activists deplore. I fear that we are still far from an ideal open access model. Research, especially if it is publicly funded, should be openly accessible to all who want to use it. As a philosophy, open access knowledge contributes to a better environment for researchers. It is simply a more constructive and interactive approach to knowledge production. It is pro-scientific and pro-knowledge to want to share findings and discuss them openly. Much of research in academia is carried out by an elite, within elite organizations who have access to restricted knowledge, and thus a lot of power. That power can lead to preventing some research and knowledge from entering into the elite system – so ultimately researchers and the public lose out...."

Link:

https://researchfrontier.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/my-change-of-heart-about-open-access-journals-we-can-do-better/

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Date tagged:

07/08/2018, 10:30

Date published:

07/08/2018, 06:30