28 يناير 2015

Open Access in Research

Open access in research: catch up on the debate following the Finch Report

'Open' sign on small business door

The UK recently unveiled its proposal to make all publicly funded research open access. We round up some of the main views on the controversial plans here



Following the government's announcement in July that it plans to make all research open access by 2014, a heated debate has developed, questioning this radical decision. This comes in the wake of a boycott of the Dutch publisher Elsevier, launching this transformation of the academic world as we know it.