"Of course, in other areas such as law and medicine, there is probably no hope. Things will remain the way they are."
Perhaps in law that will remain the case, but medicine is already ahead of other fields in the area of open access because publications that are the result of NIH-funded research are required by law to be openly accessible one year after initial publication. The journals have had no choice but to comply.
Perhaps in law that will remain the case, but medicine is already ahead of other fields in the area of open access because publications that are the result of NIH-funded research are required by law to be openly accessible one year after initial publication. The journals have had no choice but to comply.