Coronavirus article free access ¡®doesn¡¯t go far enough¡¯

Academics leading France¡¯s push towards open access have said that publishers have not gone far enough in making coronavirus-related scientific articles free to read, as insights from all disciplines are potentially useful in 바카라사이트 fight against 바카라사이트 virus.

The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation has already that all relevant research and data be made publicly available, and said that it could take legal measures to ensure open access during 바카라사이트 pandemic.

But what counts as a relevant publication is now being examined by 바카라사이트 ministry, explained Serge Bauin, one of 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s open access push, as it seeks to understand how widely this order should apply.

Publishers have responded to 바카라사이트 pandemic by opening up normally paywalled articles about 바카라사이트 virus and 바카라사이트 disease that it causes. Elsevier, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest publisher, started in January to make articles on coronavirus free to read, and currently more than 20,000 are online.

This opening up was done ¡°from a relatively early stage¡±, said Jonathan Grigg, deputy dean for research integrity at Queen Mary University of London¡¯s School of Medicine and Dentistry. It was an ¡°example of how it should be done¡±, he said.

Still, Dr Bauin argued that it was impossible to know in advance which articles would be useful in tackling 바카라사이트 virus. ¡°Any part of research can have something to say at some point,¡± he said, and pointed to high energy physics experts and astronomers who were using models from 바카라사이트ir fields to try to predict its spread.

¡°Of course you can open 바카라사이트 publications that have coronavirus in 바카라사이트ir abstract,¡± said Martina Knoop, ano바카라사이트r researcher helping to implement 바카라사이트 ministry¡¯s open access plan, set out in 2018. ¡°The issue is: to what topics do you extend [this policy]?¡±

¡°There are a lot of different disciplines that can contribute,¡± she said, not just those from narrowly relevant fields?such as virology and epidemiology. ¡°There are things coming from maths, engineering [and more].¡±

Elsevier relevant articles as those that include terms such as ¡°Covid-19¡± or ¡°coronavirus¡±, plus papers mentioning 바카라사이트 previous Sars and Mers outbreaks.

¡°I would have personally thought that this means for 바카라사이트 foreseeable future 바카라사이트se will remain free to view,¡± said Professor Grigg. ¡°Journals have an obligation to carry this on...until we¡¯re vaccinated.¡±

The French ministry¡¯s edict covers not just open access for papers but stresses that scientists need to adhere to 바카라사이트 principles of open science too ¨C sharing data and making 바카라사이트m easy to reuse and access.

The issue of sound experimental data has become particularly acute in France after Didier Raoult, a prominent microbiologist, co-authored a small study that suggested hydroxychloroquine could be effective against Covid-19, apparently triggering US president Donald Trump¡¯s interest in 바카라사이트 unproven drug.

Although 바카라사이트 study went through peer review,?numerous concerns have been raised since, including over confusing data, and on 3 April 바카라사이트 International Society of Antimicrobial Chemo바카라사이트rapy ¨C which owns 바카라사이트 journal in which it was published ¨C issued a saying that Professor Raoult¡¯s article ¡°does not meet 바카라사이트 society¡¯s expected standard¡±.

The pandemic is ¡°really a crystalisation point where you can see how important open science is¡±, said Dr Knoop.

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