Lay summaries of open access journal articles: engaging with the general public on medical research: Ingenta Connect

"This study investigates attitudes to 'lay' or 'plain-English' summaries of open access (OA) journal articles in the context of engaging the public with medical research. It places lay summaries in the wider contexts of patients' information-seeking behaviour and OA publishing activities. It reports the results of qualitative research involving two stakeholder groups: employees of organizations with a stake in communicating OA medical research to the public, and members of the public who have experience of accessing online medical research."