Beyond Open Access

摘要

The models of scientific communication and publication— which have served us all so well for so long—are no longer fully meeting the spirit of the ECS mission, may not be financially viable, and are hurting the dissemination of the results of scientific research. The future of Open Access (OA) can change not only scholarly publishing, but can change the nature of scientific communication itself. OA has the power to more "evenly distribute" the advantages currently given to those who can easily access the outputs of scientific research.