Re: Berkeley faculty statement on scholarly publishing

[Jan Velterop <velteropvonleyden@btinternet.com>]

I believe Matt must be referring to a quote from Cozzarelli in Chemical &
Engineering News (the ACS magazine), May 16, 2005, Volume 83, Number 20,
pp. 40-44: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/ 83/8320openaccess.html

Jan Velterop

Velterop von Leyden Open Access Consultancy
+44 (0)7932 744 239
openaccess@btinternet.com

On 5 Jun 2005, at 23:24, Richard Feinman wrote:

> Matthew:  Is there an orginal reference for the comment on PNAS that
> "Evidence for the benefits of Open Access *is* now accruing rapidly.
> e.g. PNAS just reported that their open access articles, no average,
> receive 50% more accesses than their subscription-only articles in the
> first month after publication. This strongly suggests that, even for a
> widely read journal such as PNAS, there is plenty of demand for access
> to scientific research articles that is failing to be satisfied by the
> current subscription model."
>
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