Comprendia Bioscience
Consulting Group has developed an interesting way to demonstrate who is
passionate about Open Access using Google maps. They have collected 11 months
of geographical information on Twitterers utilising #openaccess hashtag,
totalling 43,000 tweets by 12,000 twitterers. <a href="http://Who's
Passion
Open access to research has long been a topic of concern in
the academic field. Beginning with open access to articles, and whole journals,
the movement has been followed by opening up access to data, including
government data.
Many grant-making bodies expect the peer-reviewed outputs
of research they fund to be made freely available, usually within a given time
frame. This is their way of ensuring the widest possible dissemination of the
research they fund.
Scientific results should be made freely available to the public within six
months of first publication, according to Sir Mark Walport, the director of the
Wellcome Trust.
Elsevier has announced that it has withdrawn its support for the US Research
Works Act (HR 3699). In their announcement they explain: We are ready and
willing to work constructively and cooperatively to continue to promote free
and low-cost public access through a variety of means, as we have with research
funders and other partners around the world.
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