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In the US, federally funded research is already required to made available without paywalls within 1 year of publication. Open-access advocates online generall
by jpeloquin 4y ago
In the US, federally funded research is already required to made available without paywalls within 1 year of publication. Open-access advocates online generally seem to be unaware of this, and that current goalposts are therefore (a) immediate open access, and (b) open-access publication of all scientific research regardless of funding source.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expandi...
https://www.nih.gov/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you/what-is-nih-public-access-policy https://www.nih.gov/health-information/nih-clinical-research...
- boredumb 4y agoI didn't know this thanks for the information. There is probably an opportunity for some projects to enable exploration and discovery to be more intuitive - I think your second bullet is something where the distinction is not always obvious and leads to misunderstanding (at least for me).