Open Access
Scholarly Publishing
Source: Reuters
“Scientists push for open access publishing”
From the article, Just as the Internet transformed the way the public get information, the founders of the non-profit Public Library of Science (PLoS) want scientific research to be freely available to everyone. Instead of paying for access to scientific research locked in subscription-only databases controlled by leading scientific journals, they want open access to scientific literature. “We are hoping to drive a change in the business model across all of scientific publishing,” Vivian Siegel, the executive director of the journal PLoS Biology, told Reuters…Not everyone is convinced. Opponents to open access say the current system works, so why change it. Scientific publishers also question whether the “author pays” model will erode the quality of the research or lead to conflict of interest, and whether journals could survive financially under a new system.

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