Open Letter by MyScienceWork founder - Omniscience

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought into light the urgent need for the global research community and the general public alike to have unrestricted access to scientific articles, i.e. to information at the source, that is to say information written by the researchers themselves. Researchers' discoveries concern the world at large and this crisis proves this now more than ever before.

The transition we are currently experiencing ought to lead us to a new world, one that is more collaborative and with a greater sense of responsibility and purpose within and beyond our organisations. The crisis we are experiencing is already bringing about big changes: Apple is going to make masks, the BPI is proposing exceptional measures to companies, and solidarity chains are being set up. So when will major publishers like Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Taylor & Francis, etc, release all their scientific articles and finally devote themselves to other business models?