A little over decade from now, we may look back at the era when scientific research was locked up behind paywalls with curious fascination. How could it be that publicly funded research could be withheld from the very people that funded it, namely the taxpayer? How could access restricted even to the people that utilised it most, scientists? And how could a cabal of global publishers rake in billions in profit through activities they had little or no part in supporting financially? EuroScientist looks at the way the field has evolved in Europe. Read more [...]
The voyage towards open access was never going to be easy, especially in a field as conservative as academic publishing. Of late the seas have been stirred to greater turbulence by the waves of activity spreading open access across the globe.The increasing apparent complexities surrounding open access can be off-putting. But given that the rise of open access publishing is now widely seen as inexorable it is more important than ever that researchers take the trouble to inform themselves about this issue. Read more [...]
It’s been great watching the open access (OA) debate slowly but completely transform over the last two years. Back when I started writing about OA, the big question was still whether or not the world should go that route at all. At times it has felt like a long, hard road from there to here, but we now live in a world where the US and UK governments have both officially declared their support for universal OA, and Europe's Horizon 2020 research program will mandate OA, while the European Research Council strongly supports OA. The “whether to do OA” debate is over. Read more [...]
EuroScientist curates content from around the web connected to key topics of interest. Find out more on what others say about open access around the web, in our Noowit Edition, in the Innovation section. And Enjoy! Read more [...]
EuroScientist asks 5 questions on open access to Stephen Curry, professor of structural biology at Imperial College, London, UK, author of Reciprocal Space blog and blogger for the Guardian newspaper. Read our full report on open access due to be published on euroscientist.com on 25th September 2013. Read more [...]
Science journals in Croatia face an uncertain future, with their main funder, the science ministry, announcing changes that will see only the best journals funded. The next round of funding is expected to open at the end of March, but the criteria Read more [...]
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