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Thursday, August 14, 2003
Scientists seek open access to medical research - Carey Goldberg, Boston Globe
Their argument goes like this: Your federal tax dollars pay for some $50 billion a year in medical and scientific research. But if your daughter falls ill and you want to see the latest findings on her disease, you'll often have to pay again, to get access to the powerful journals that publish them. Now, a vanguard of rebellious scientists, Nobel laureates among them, are challenging the entrenched journals, such as the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature, that have long dominated the flow of research news. Under the banner of the "Public Library of Science," they are pushing for "open access" to scientific journals, arguing that findings should be freely and immediately available online for researchers and regular citizens alike.
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