Harvard urges faculty to make their research open access(theguardian.com)

12 pointsby geverett12 lat temu1 comments

Harvard urges faculty to make their research open access

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices

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jacel12 lat temu

Michael Eisen is a genetics professor at Berkeley, and started PLos (a group of open access journals). He's very eloquent on the subject, and it's great to hear that Harvard is supporting open access so publicly - as he says,

'In most scientists’ minds, a publication in an elite journal like Nature or Science is as good as gold – a ticket to a job, grants and tenure.'[0]

So knowing that publishing in PLoS (as opposed to Nature) might not exclude you from a position at Harvard is really great for the future of open access publishing.

[0] http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1346