In Scientific Publishing, Sharing Is Caring | GEN
lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-11-17
Summary:
"Just as viruses have evolved alongside humans, the scientific publishing industry has grown alongside scientific research, and so has the debate over open access. With tens of billions of federal government dollars invested into basic research every year in the United States, taxpayers and researchers are wondering why research results are not required to be freely and immediately accessible to the public. Considering that new research builds upon previous work, proponents of open access argue that keeping results behind a paywall ultimately slows down the progress of science worldwide."