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The Harvard scientists joined a roster of nine of the world’s leading scientists to create BioMed Central, an exclusively online journal.
But despite the efforts of these top scientists through BioMed Central to create an online journal system to aid free communication, the prestige associated with publishing in one of the premiere scientific journals prevents even the founders of BioMed Central from expecting their students to publish on the site.
Kirschner said he was not actively encouraging his own doctoral students to publish through BioMed Central.
Because two of the most prestigious journals—Nature and Cell—do not grant free access, scientists who support the petition and the fledgling status of BioMed Central would have to forego a chance for major recognition.
Huge investments in research are particularly important now as firms try to establish reputations in a budding field that's expected to be the boom industry of the 21st century. Consumer trust will be key for biomed firms as they enter a period in which their products will become entangled...