Open Access in Biomedical Research :
“This Science Policy Briefing aims to accelerate the adoption of open access to research articles in the biomedical sciences. Open access refers to the free availability on the public Internet of scholarly articles published in an electronic format, permitting any user to read and re-use the
content provided only that the author is properly acknowledged and cited. We consider open access to be crucial for the free flow of information between researchers and within society as a whole, and the digital revolution of recent years provides an opportunity that has not yet been fully realised to transform access to scholarly publications.”
URL : http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/esf-emrc-science-policy-briefing.pdf