September 22, 2006
Coalition Works to Secure Open Access to Published Research
PAYING UPFRONT: A group of particle physicists has proposed a new way to pay for immediate free access to journal articles in their field. They want to raise five million to six million euros (about US $7-million) a year to buy open access to peer-reviewed papers in top physics journals.
A committee led by scientists at CERN, the high-energy-physics laboratory near Geneva, has sought new ways to make articles in traditional, subscription-based journals available to anyone interested in
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