Open access: A revolution in scientific publication? Or just a minor amendment of accessibility?
Year: 2012
Type: editorial
Abstract: Scientific communication is a misnomer. The process of scientific publication is much less a forum where information is exchanged for information than a market where information is exchanged for attention. Nevertheless, the exchange of information for attention is a somewhat peculiar market, since it seems much more natural to sell the information one has produced laboriously for money. Why publish a discovery, why share it with other researchers when knowledge is power?
Source: Cell Cycle
DOI: 10.4161/cc.22151
Author: Georg Franck
Institution: TU Wien
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1989401387