The government is to unveil controversial plans to make
publicly funded scientific research immediately available for anyone to read
for free by 2014. Under the scheme, research papers that describe work paid for
by the British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and
individuals to use for any purpose, wherever they are in the world.
In an interview with the Guardian before Monday's
announcement David Willetts, the universities and science minister, said he
expected a full transformation to the open approach over the next two years.
The move reflects a groundswell of support for "open access"
publishing among academics who have long protested that journal publishers make
large profits by locking research behind online paywalls. "If the taxpayer
has paid for this research to happen, that work shouldn't be put behind a
paywall before a British citizen can read it," Willetts said.” Though many
academics will welcome the announcement, some scientist contacted by the
Guardian were dismayed that the cost of the transition,
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