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Things would change very fast if consideration for funding and tenure was based strictly on openly published papers. My understanding of current policies is tha
by rubinelli 11y ago
Things would change very fast if consideration for funding and tenure was based strictly on openly published papers. My understanding of current policies is that they basically force scientists in several different areas to produce content for free for Elsevier if they want to have a career at all.
- kragen 11y agoThat sounds like it might be a more plausible mechanism than preferential citing.
- rsfern 11y agoThe FASTR act in the Senate would essentially implement the funding side of this. Changing tenure policies is also an important component in getting a culture shift towards open research. http://www.sparc.arl.org/advocacy/national/fastr/faq http://www.sparc.arl.org/advocacy/national/fastr/faq