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> To me, it is super weird that research that is often funded by the taxpayer cannot be accessed by the taxpayer. This is so completely true, and is something
by llamaa2 6y ago
> To me, it is super weird that research that is often funded by the taxpayer cannot be accessed by the taxpayer.
This is so completely true, and is something everyone should be fighting for. As for the U.S., it doesn't look like our FASTR bill has gone much anywhere at all.
- jpeloquin 6y agoIn the US, the NSF and NIH both have public access policies requiring that published papers resulting from taxpayer-funded research be made available free of charge no more than 12 months after publication. It should be available immediately, of course, particularly since the official "publication date" can be delayed many months after the article is actually available. But taxpayers do get what they paid for in a somewhat reasonable time frame. The part where academic institutions provide publishers with content for free, then buy the same content back, is the insane part. https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16009/nsf16009.jsp#q1 https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2016/nsf16009/nsf16009.jsp#q1 https://publicaccess.nih.gov/faq.htm#753 https://publicaccess.nih.gov/faq.htm#753
- barbegal 6y agoIt isn't that weird that things funded by the taxpaper be accessible by the taxpayer for free. Governments fund lot of things that are inaccessible (military sites, intelligence dossiers, aid in other countries, space stations...)