(…) companies need not worry about releasing data about specific genetic traits that bring them profits, but simply the data that could help university scientists improve nutritional conditions for the poor. (…) March for the public investment into agricultural biotechnology research and an open data policy on industry seed research.
Open-access publication is not always about making publicly funded research articles freely available (Nature 495, 425; 2013). Other factors could be driving the boom in open-access publishing in scientifically emerging nations.
Scientists should submit their work to open-access repositories to support research in parts of the world that don’t have access to the vast libraries of pay-wall-constrained literature.Blog entry on The Scientist.
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See also this article on how open access would boost Africa’s development.
While the free flow of scientific information is now acknowledged as important, the battle for unrestricted access is far from over
The Guardian