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Three of Harvard’s top scientists are playing a major role in the attempt to provide free access to scholarly research as an alternative to the current for-profit journals industry. But despite being backed by more than 15,000 scientists from around the world, their vision has stagnated, they...
...There’s a lot of concern in the library community and at large about the high cost of journals these days out of the for-profit press, said Judith Messerle, head of HMS’ Countway Library...
...This is a political issue that deals with scientific publishers taking research paid for by the federal government and then imposing restraints by yielding copyrights and making a profit, said Harold E. Varmus, Director of Sloan Kettering Hospital and an advocate for free archive distribution. “The current publishing model is outdated...
Segall said most high profile journals had not seen a downturn in submissions from scientists and that even some of the leading scientists involved in the Public Library of Science continue to submit to for-profit journals or restricted access journals...
...HSPDS is generously compensated given its proportional contribution to the tournament. The HDC may “profit far more” but they also do far more of the work needed to run the tournament...