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Byte Size Biology » Open Access: what’s in it for me? - http://bytesizebio.net/index...
Martin Fenner, Cesar Sanchez, Mickey Schafer and 2 other people liked this
"One problem that I am facing is convincing colleagues of the utility of an Open Access publication. ... Not everyone operates on large grants. Many lab budgets leave very little room to buy a new laptop, let alone pay for an OA publication (typically the price of two of said laptops)."
- Mickey Kosloff
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Good points here. Proving a rival to current closed-access or setting a precedent to get grant-givers to make line-items for OA publication are good in an abstract/aggregate level, but the individual lab decision-maker is thinking on a lot more concrete terms. Perhaps, some sort of Impact Factor or "open access journal news" to add credence/credibility can substitute?
- Benjamin Tseng
I'm glad you've made the point -- I talk about it with students who will have to make these kinds of decisions in the coming years -- and it's a tough one: ideological belief against practical action. Maybe we need a kind of OA investment account where interest can be accrued over the life of a grant. Okay, not realistic...government subsidies, maybe;-)?
- Mickey Schafer
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