[Insight-users] Research Without Walls - Open Access Week

[Luis Ibanez]

"Research Without Walls - Open Access Week"

by Luis Ibanez

 http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/183

The Tipping Point

Open Access Week starts on Monday !

              http://www.openaccessweek.org/

and what better way to start your participation in Open Access
Week than by signing the "Research Without Walls" pledge:

           http://www.researchwithoutwalls.org/



"I will assist in the peer review process

as a

* reviewer
* board/committee member
* chair
* editor

ONLY for conferences, journals, and other publication venues
that make all accepted publications available to the public
for free via the web."



The "Clarity of Purpose" in this pledge is hard to contest.



The rationale is clearly details in their FAQ:

http://www.researchwithoutwalls.org/About.aspx

What does signing the pledge accomplish?

"The reputation of conferences and journals rests on the reputations of
the researchers who serve on their program committees and editorial boards.

Restricted-access publications cannot survive without the reputation and
volunteer labor provided by the research community.

By signing the pledge you will:

prevent conferences and journals from perpetuating a
restricted-access system built on your labor and reputation,
and show your support for a community norm of open-access
 publishing.



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The exercise is simple.

Ask yourself:

* Why do you Publish ?
* Why did you choose Research as a Profession ?
* Is it because you want to restrict the public access to information ?
* Why to collaborate with those who do not collaborate with you ?
* Why to give your labor for free to those who will not
   freely share back information with you ?



Today, with three mouse clicks,
You can change the World:

   http://www.researchwithoutwalls.org/



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