12 months is not enough. In many fast moving fields scientific research can be old news within a year. Why not just require immediate open publication? That wou

12 months is not enough. In many fast moving fields scientific research can be old news within a year. Why not just require immediate open publication? That would be a great boost to publishers like PLoS and Frontiers, and would increase both the quality of the work published and of the peer reviewing process of open access journals, since their impact factor would be impacted in that case. There is always the argument of keeping the editorial quality high and that competition among publishers enables better scholarship. The truth is, however, that science politics have long now invaded most high-impact commercial journals and publishers to the point where this argument no longer holds. Most scientists don't really have strong feelings about open access, since for academics access to journals is practically guaranteed through their workplace subscriptions. But it is possible that most scientists are not aware of the wonderful possibilities that open access enables, such as text mining and other sorts of meta-analysis. Not to mention that everyone would be able to read any study on their phone at any time/place.