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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ensure that scientific research which has been funded through taxation, is published open access. More details
Submitted by Sean Smith – Deadline to sign up by: 03 June 2009 – Signatures: 51
More details from petition creator
If a student or scientist or member of the public wishes to read any of the majority of published scientific papers today and does not own a subscription (costing hundreds of pounds per year), they must be pay the publishing company a fee that typically ranges between £15-£50 for a single article. Since some of the research is actually funded through taxation, open access should become a necessary condition of acceptance of the government grant, making the article free for all. This helps to enable faster, more cost-efficient scientific progress.
Current signatories
Sean Smith, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Matt
- John Holden
- Tracey
- Adam Sampson
- Nat Queen
- James Legg
- Alan Phelan
- Andrew Main
- Gillian Crawford
- LYNDSEY BOBADILLA
- Daniel Bond
- Glyn Moody
- Jane Smith
- Chris Rusbridge
- Joshua Groody
- Mark Smith
- Lambros Lambrou
- Stephen Taylor
- Peter Moonlight
- Andrew Walker
- Richard Sanders
- A E Lawrence, MA DPhil
- Daniel Mannion
- Fiona Wallace
- Thomas Royston, the publisher should be embursed costs
- Jonathan Currant
- Michael Grenside
- Audrey Doran
- Nicholas Shaw
- Adam Casey
- clare howell
- Thomas Kluyver
- Sarah Stonedale
- Louise Fleming
- Jon Thompson
- Robert Vickerstaff
- Gareth Newman
- Stephen Mosen
- Holly Fenwick
- Jessica Hughes
- Alex MacKenzie
- katrina blyth
- Andrew Brampton
- Nick Brown
- Jonathan Drake
- Derek Alker
- Dave Boniface
- John Frewin
- Sean Kelly
- Sami Mikhail
