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Publicly funded scientific research will be made available for free to study by 2014, under controversial government plans which emerged today.
The revolutionary approach to accessing online articles will help researchers and boost the economy, Universities and Science Minister David Willetts said.
It follows widespread calls for ‘open access’ to research papers, following complaints from academics that traditional journal publishers are charging too much.
British universities currently pay around £200million in annual subscription fees to publishers for access to research docume
Originally posted by nerbot
About time too!
These so called "Scientists" have been spending taxpayers money without much accountability for way too long and I'm sure there are tight links to the publishers of their work.
Originally posted by AndyMayhew
In order to read these papers you have to subscibe to them - and that isn't cheap, just for one journal, let alone hundreds.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by nerbot
About time too!
These so called "Scientists" have been spending taxpayers money without much accountability for way too long and I'm sure there are tight links to the publishers of their work.
did you miss the bit from the segment you quoted that it is academics who are fed up with the publishers??