Over 10 jaar alle wetenschappelijke publicaties gratis online | Nieuwsbericht | Rijksoverheid.nl

[From Google's English] "Full Open Access means free global access to scientific publications, magazines and books. That is the situation where Secretary of Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker wants to go. 'The premise is that the publication of results of public and public-private funded research in the future for all should be available. Free That is a fundamental choice.' The social relevance and benefits of open access are great. In the Netherlands, at about 33,000 scientific articles per year. Broad access to research contributes to the dissemination of knowledge, progress in science, the promotion of innovation and solving social problems.   Publications are not only important for researchers and students but also for many outside the universities now not, or only at a high cost, have access. If all scientific publication are available free online, anyone can benefit from it better and faster. So doctors can peruse the latest insights into treatments, entrepreneurs and businesses can quickly apply scientific knowledge to the innovations of their products and teachers, for example, use more scientific knowledge in their lessons.  The State has a clear goal: 'My aim is therefore by 2024, have made the full transition to open access within ten years. To achieve this in five years sixty percent of scientific articles free to read online via the Open Access journals. Because we now make such a clear choice for Open Access publications, the transition to open access to be as short as possible. '  In order to have this situation is reached must be taken now action. State Dekker says the Netherlands must have a leading role towards free online available scientific publications. He wants to join forces with like-minded UK and Germany. Also, the State early next year with the scientific organizations and publishers to sit down to facilitate the process ..."