Harnad, S. (2007) Ethics of Open Access to Biomedical Research: Just a Special Case of Ethics of Open Access to Research. Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, 2 (31).
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Abstract
The ethical case for Open Access (OA) (free online access) to research findings is especially salient when it is public health that is being compromised by needless access restrictions. But the ethical imperative for OA is far more general: It applies to all scientific and scholarly research findings published in peer-reviewed journals. And peer-to-peer access is far more important than direct public access. Most research is funded to be conducted and published, by researchers, in order to be taken up, used, and built upon in further research and applications, again by researchers, for the benefit of the public that funded it -- not in order to generate revenue for the peer-reviewed journal publishing industry (nor even because there is a burning public desire to read [much of] it). Hence OA needs to be mandated for all research.
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| Keywords: | open access, research impact, biomedical research, ethics | ||
| Additional Information: | Byelorussion translation by Nadejda Dobkina available at http://onlinepharmacycheck.com/~doc/31-med-be | ||
| Research Group: | Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia | ||
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.peh-med.com/content/2/1/31 | ||
| Date: | 2007 | ||
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| Downloads (2010): | 51 | ||
| ID Code: | 14431 | ||
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2011 10:35 | ||
| Deposited On: | 26 Aug 2007 by Harnad, Stevan | ||
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