David Wiley quotes from and links to a paper entitled “Open Access: Why should we have it?” As someone who promotes open access, open source software, open data formats and other forms of open thinking, it is rewarding to see that there is tangible evidence of the value of these practices. The cases studied in the paper focus on open access journals/articles in the physical sciences but I think that it is safe to generalize the results to all areas of academic research.
By the way, the open thinking concept is one that a lot of people have been exploring. Alec Couros, Heather Ross and I have been discussing ways to advocate open thinking and initiate some open discussions on the topic. Watch here for further details.
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