Open Access in der Wissenschaft: Der Goldene und der Grüne Weg beim Publizieren - Forschung und Lehre - FAZ

[From Google's English] "If individual representatives of publishing houses according to their interests argue against open access, that is one thing. But they should not claim that the motives of the German science organizations in terms of open access are unclear. The Open Access Strategy of the Alliance of scientific organizations is understandable and stringently. She wants to use the potential of the Internet for research, answers to negative developments in publishing and is aimed at an indispensable secondary publication rights.  With the Internet, new forms of scientific work were possible. The open exchange of publications on data networks leads to a more rapid dissemination of research results. This promotes not only the science but also the transfer of knowledge to society. The core idea of ​​Open Access is that the user has open access to scientific information without any technical, legal or financial barriers. This potential needs to be encouraged ... That the existing publication structures especially for the German university libraries lead to untenable, shows the German Library Statistics: The acquisition expenditure of libraries have increased by 38 percent from 2003 through 2011, spending for electronic products even to say and write 325 percent! Sure, price increases are nothing reprehensible in itself, especially if they are accompanied understandable with more content and better performance. But how, then, does the contribution of publishing companies in the value chain? Scientists produce research results, consider the scientific peer review process, the so-called peer review and prepare the artwork for publishing parameters remain largely independent.  In addition to the facilitation of this process, especially the publishers afford marketing. Marketing and pricing policies geared currently but primarily because what is to enforce the part of dominant structures due. The increase in profit margins of the major players Wiley, Springer and Elsevier from 24 to 38 percent in recent years speaks for itself ... On the initiative of the Alliance of Scientific Organizations of the Federal Council and many members of the German Bundestag will enable scientists, their published for the first through conventional channels works digitally for a period of six months for the natural and engineering sciences and twelve for the Humanities and Social Sciences free to make available. This republication right to be indispensable, that is, the publishers and authors can not force them to relinquish their rights. The special charm of the inalienable right republication is that the scientists decide whether, where, and in what density open-access structures. It may well come to different forms depending on the scientific discipline ..."