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Started by Tank, April 12, 2012, 08:37:59 AM

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Tank

April 12, 2012, 08:37:59 AM
Trust pushes for open access to research

QuoteOne of the world's largest research charities, the Wellcome Trust, is to support efforts by scientists to make their work freely available for all.

The Trust is to establish a free, online publication to compete with established academic journals.

They say their new title could be a "game changer" forcing other publishing houses to increase free access.

More than 9,000 scientists are boycotting a leading paid-for publisher for restricting access to their papers...
An interesting development that could see the likes of us have access to tons of high quality information that we would have to pay a fortune for is we subscribed to all journals.
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"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
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Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

DeterminedJuliet

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April 12, 2012, 02:10:12 PM
I like it!

It's so frustrating, when you're doing research, to find a really interesting abstract but to be denied access to the actual article/journal/study that it's attached to :(
"We've thought of life by analogy with a journey, with pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end, and the THING was to get to that end; success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after you're dead. But, we missed the point the whole way along; It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing, or dance, while the music was being played.

Ali

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April 12, 2012, 05:56:12 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 12, 2012, 02:10:12 PM
I like it!

It's so frustrating, when you're doing research, to find a really interesting abstract but to be denied access to the actual article/journal/study that it's attached to :(

Agreed!  I would love it if we had free access to the actual studies.  The only problem I can foresee is maybe they will have less funding money to actually do studies if they don't charge for access to read them?

Tank

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April 12, 2012, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: The Ali on April 12, 2012, 05:56:12 PM
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on April 12, 2012, 02:10:12 PM
I like it!

It's so frustrating, when you're doing research, to find a really interesting abstract but to be denied access to the actual article/journal/study that it's attached to :(

Agreed!  I would love it if we had free access to the actual studies.  The only problem I can foresee is maybe they will have less funding money to actually do studies if they don't charge for access to read them?
All the research is already paid for. The journals used to provide the 'route to market' for the research. Now the Internet provides a cheaper alternative. The main issue is keeping the quality of peer review up, and that does cost money.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

markmcdaniel

#4
May 24, 2012, 11:08:42 PM
Agreed we need to keep up peer review. Otherwise we will be flooded with papers "proving" the existence of God or about how levitating Space Aliens built the pyramids. but, it would be nice to have cheaper access to more good science.
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the object of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a god, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism. - Albert Einstein

Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

Faith means not wanting to know what is true. - Friedrich Nietzsche

xSilverPhinx

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May 25, 2012, 12:25:10 AM
I have access to journals through my university's proxy server...I just have to figure out how to install it properly, I tried but soon ran out of patience.

If you have one in particular you want let me know, I just can't guarantee that I'll be quick about it.  :P
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey

Asmodean

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May 25, 2012, 02:03:50 AM
I think I'm against this if forced to take a stand... But then, someone has to be, eh?  :P
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