Publication: Unbinding knowledge: A proposal for providing open access to past research articles, starting with the most important
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2006
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Polimetrica
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Peter Suber, Unbinding knowledge: a proposal for providing open access to past research articles, starting with the most important, in Open Access, Open Problems 43-57 (ed. Giandomenico Sica 2006).
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If an authoritative scholar or organization assembled a bibliography of the most important previously published research articles on a subject of urgent public need, such as the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, then the journals publishing those articles might be persuaded to provide open access to them retroactively. This article discusses the costs and benefits to journals participating in such a project and calls on scientists, publishers, public-interest organizations, and foundations to experiment with such projects in order to accelerate research on topics where it is most needed.
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