Open Access to Scientific Papers May Not Guarantee Wide Dissemination
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 17:49
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you offer something of value to people for free while someone else charges a hefty sum of money for the same type of product, one would logically assume that most people would choose the free option. According to new research in today's edition of the journal Science, if the product in question is access to scholarly papers and research, that logic might just be wrong. These findings provide new insight into the nature of scholarly discourse and the future of the open source publication movement.