tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post2845406251877361549..comments2023-10-21T10:06:30.080-05:00Comments on Communication Nation: Free the facts!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08940621620133180202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-51728896849737615882009-01-18T14:03:00.000-06:002009-01-18T14:03:00.000-06:00Hi Alex!I don't think the business model needs to ...Hi Alex!<BR/><BR/>I don't think the business model needs to be so difficult. I'm sure that with your business model matrix the obstacles could be overcome very readily. It needs to deal with two things: Peer review and distribution.<BR/><BR/>1. Peer review: Most reviewers are not paid, so all that's really required is to coordinate the peer review process. This can be done by Universities at a much lower cost than they are currently paying to subscribe to the journals.<BR/><BR/>2. Distribution: It doesn't cost much to put your research on the internet. Many of the for-profit journals make researchers sign contracts that actually prohibit researchers from posting the final article on the internet (For example the professor's home page). With services like Google Scholar an author's home page is easily found.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940621620133180202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650481.post-83223019781655069022009-01-18T09:10:00.000-06:002009-01-18T09:10:00.000-06:00Dave, great post!As a (former) academic I always f...Dave, great post!<BR/><BR/>As a (former) academic I always found it strange that my research, financed through public funds, would end up in journals with restricted access. That's one of the reasons I launched my blog on business model innovation... <BR/><BR/>The problem of "free scientific facts" is that we yet have to find the right business model. At the end of the day somebody does have to pay to make research accessible...Alex Osterwalderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889603727310635566noreply@blogger.com