Fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy five US dollars. That’s how much it would have cost me to access each of the 575 references cited in my PhD. It’s a ludicrous figure. About US$25 per article. Calculated using the average pay-per-view cost of the top 100 journals in 2014. Of course, it could be argued that this figure […]
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From our cold dead hands: NEJM Editorial on Data Sharing
It would appear sharing is easier for some than others. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
There are few things more at the heart of the progressive science movement than the notion that good science is open science. It’s a notion that has led to an explosion in data sharing networks and advocacy groups all with one goal in common. Give people access to the data. After all what better way is there […]