‘Making open is in the best interest of the company and the researchers’ – Subbiah Arunachalam | Jaahil

"Recently, John Bohannon’s ‘sting operation’, which involved the  submission of a fake study about a chemical with anti-cancer  properties to a number of open access journals, has re ignited the  debate about the viability of providing research findings for free. In  India, Subbiah Arunachalam, one of the most prominent acivists of  the Open Access movement categorically states that ” All science  and scholarship constitute the knowledge commons and  everybody should have access to this knowledge at will so that  nobody needs to go through barriers to obtain that  knowledge. Known as  'India’s and the Developing World’s great  advocate for open access' he has been on the editorial board of  several  scientific journals. In an interview to Richard Poynder he had claimed that he spends atleast one third of his each working day on Open Access advocacy and promotion. Here he talks about a few aspects of the Open Access Movement ..."