Revisiting: Is Access to the Research Paper the Same Thing as Access to the Research "Results"? - The Scholarly Kitchen

"n light of a recent Twitter conversation, I felt it was time to re-post this 2013 article questioning what is meant by research 'results'. Emma Friesen asked the question, 'Have OA advocates ever gone after patents arising from publicly-funded research?' The question of patents has largely been pushed to the side when discussing access to taxpayer funded research results. There are good reasons for this — for one,  it’s likely much more difficult to garner university and researcher support for eliminating the promised rewards for achievement. Making papers freely available doesn’t take money out of the pockets of universities or researchers (indeed, some have promised that it will save them money). Personal and institutional financial sacrifice is a much bigger ask. In an era where many are questioning the difficulties required by the academic career track, eliminating yet another incentive system will drive even more of our best minds away from academia."