Comments on: NIH Public Access: The Battle Begins http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/2008/09/nih-public-access-the-battle-begins/ One base pair at a time... Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:23:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Bioinformatics » Resume of pramod patil http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/2008/09/nih-public-access-the-battle-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Bioinformatics » Resume of pramod patil Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:02:22 +0000 http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/?p=24#comment-12 [...] NIH Public Access: The Battle BeginsPreviously I tried to get the word out on a change to the NIH policy for grant supported research that required researchers to transfer a copy of the final work to a repository (PMC) that provides free access to the article. … [...] [...] NIH Public Access: The Battle BeginsPreviously I tried to get the word out on a change to the NIH policy for grant supported research that required researchers to transfer a copy of the final work to a repository (PMC) that provides free access to the article. … [...]

]]> By: Eli Roberson http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/2008/09/nih-public-access-the-battle-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Eli Roberson Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:02:52 +0000 http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/?p=24#comment-11 Guess it depends on your perspective. In this specific issue the researchers aren't commercializing the research, since they aren't paid anything for the work by the publisher. In fact, usually you pay the publisher to print the article and sign away your rights so that they can print it. But on the publisher's side scientific publishing has always been commercialized. Just consider the cost of a Nature or Science subscription. Personally I'd like to see a move in the direction of open access so that in the end the information are available to everyone. However, for people deep in a particular field I don't think it matters one way or another. They can't wait a year find out what people are doing so they or their institutions will keep their journal subscriptions anyway. Guess it depends on your perspective. In this specific issue the researchers aren’t commercializing the research, since they aren’t paid anything for the work by the publisher. In fact, usually you pay the publisher to print the article and sign away your rights so that they can print it. But on the publisher’s side scientific publishing has always been commercialized. Just consider the cost of a Nature or Science subscription.

Personally I’d like to see a move in the direction of open access so that in the end the information are available to everyone.

However, for people deep in a particular field I don’t think it matters one way or another. They can’t wait a year find out what people are doing so they or their institutions will keep their journal subscriptions anyway.

]]> By: Abbas http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/2008/09/nih-public-access-the-battle-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Abbas Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:14:27 +0000 http://bioinformatics.whatheblog.com/?p=24#comment-10 Isn't commercializing scientific innovation and work against the entire essence of scientific achievement and advancement? I think so, at least. Isn’t commercializing scientific innovation and work against the entire essence of scientific achievement and advancement? I think so, at least.

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