Authors value free access to research articles
BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7538.0-c (Published 16 February 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:0-c
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It is important to the UK that access to the BMJ remains free if it
is to retain its global reach and credibility, furthermore it is important
to patients that this access is seen to contribute to postive moves by the
medical profession towards openness and shared decision making.
One assumes that the BMJ has looked at funding the deficit
by negotiating non traceable pooledfunds from the health industry? If not
why not?
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I am in total agreement that closing the open access to research
articles is a regressive step.Now that the survey shows that a majority of
the contributors favour open access, where is the conflict.The
readers,like me, would be happy, the contributors get greater viewership,
so they are happy and the journal gets more hit, so the publisher should
be happy.Why throttle the golden goose so to say, even though the golden
eggs come about in a roundabout way
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Access to research article on BMJ Website
In my opinion BMJ in today’s practice is one of the most leading and
excellent website because of many reasons like access to all updated
health issues, updated health news from all over the world and its most
important and useful feature is access to all the research articles free
which adds further for its worldwide access. I have a positive feeling
that all researchers opinion will definitely be altered if this access is
not freely available to all the readers. Research is conducted with great
effort, hard work and loads of financial input. It will be worthwhile if
the results are available to all, as this will add further to global
understanding and will give possible scope for improvement in various
fields. This is the most distinctive feature available on this website. If
the access in near future is not freely available then it will influence
the number of research submissions, as for the same feature there are
different sites available and the probability for choosing this site will
decrease. This will influence further as less research articles are
available for readers and the limited knowledge.
On the other hand I also
understand giving a free access costs high expense to the BMJ publishers
group but I feel the important issue is to help readers understand the
importance of research in latest health issues which are vital for medical
field. There may be a possibility that the number of authors and readers
may access this website less frequently as they do today. It’s a real
critical balance of spreading knowledge with the help of these great
authors who conduct research and share their results for global benefit.
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