{"id":40337,"date":"2009-11-11T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091111\/0152276888.shtml"},"modified":"2009-11-11T21:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T02:11:00","slug":"nobel-prize-winning-scientists-say-federally-funded-research-should-be-available-free-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/40337","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize Winning Scientists Say Federally Funded Research Should Be Available Free Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, there&#8217;s been a lot of debate over the fact that many scientific journals effectively lock up the results of federally funded research in expensive journals that are inaccessible to the public &#8212; including many other researchers.  Locking up useful research is troubling enough, but when it&#8217;s federally funded, it&#8217;s really problematic.  Many scientists are quite troubled by this, and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/glynmoody\/status\/5598859661\" >Glyn Moody<\/a> points out that a group of Nobel Prize-winning scientists has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxpayeraccess.org\/news\/news_releases\/09-1110.shtml\" >now urged Congress to require federally-funded research to be freely available online<\/a>.  Really, they&#8217;re pushing in favor of a new law, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonwatch.com\/bills\/show\/111_SN_1373.html\" >The Federal Research Public Access Act of 2009<\/a>, which seems to make a lot of sense.  If the government is funding the research, the more widely available it is, the better.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/washingtonwatch.com\/info\/widget.php?id=200518669\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091111\/0152276888.shtml\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20091111\/0152276888.shtml#comments\">Comments<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/article.php?sid=20091111\/0152276888&#038;op=sharethis\">Email This Story<\/a><br \/>\n <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=4e46a02490bcb7315470c49236c77b68&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=4e46a02490bcb7315470c49236c77b68&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2225\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=y-3xB5jgquo:k1AlthzTTEo:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?i=y-3xB5jgquo:k1AlthzTTEo:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.techdirt.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?a=y-3xB5jgquo:k1AlthzTTEo:c-S6u7MTCTE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/techdirt\/feed?d=c-S6u7MTCTE\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/techdirt\/feed\/~4\/y-3xB5jgquo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, there&#8217;s been a lot of debate over the fact that many scientific journals effectively lock up the results of federally funded research in expensive journals that are inaccessible to the public &#8212; including many other researchers. Locking up useful research is troubling enough, but when it&#8217;s federally funded, it&#8217;s really problematic. 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