The open access movement grows up
It's been just over a decade since the concept of Open Access first captured the attention of the scientific and scholarly research community.
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A lot can happen in a decade
This issue on Open Access marks the 10-year anniversary of PLOS Biology, and it's as good a time as any to pause and take stock of how the last decade.
I Do Not Want an Initiative, I Want Open Access
I am interested in copyright law, and especially interested in the inefficiencies and loopholes that have developed in a majority of creative industries as they have undergone the shift from analog to digital formats.
Six myths to put to rest
Open access to research is still held back by misunderstandings repeated by people who should know better, says Peter Suber.
A research accelerator
An open-source approach to the problem of producing an off-patent drug in enantiopure form serves as an example of how academic and industrial researchers can join forces to make new scientific discoveries that could have a huge impact on human health.
List of vanity publishers
List of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers.
Science, 'whores' and dissent
Privately owned publications threaten to cut to the bone of intellectual freedom in science, writes author.
Aktuelle Forschung bleibt hinter Paywall
Kurz vor der Wahl hat der Bundesrat ein Gesetz durchgewunken, das wissenschaftlichen Urhebern mehr Rechte einräumt. Weder Forscher noch Verlage sind zufrieden damit.
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