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PNAS Gives Free Online Access to Developing Countries
Submitted by Holly Miller; posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002
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In the Proceedings of the (US) National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) issue dated April 30th, 2002 an editorial states:
``PNAS has taken another step toward ensuring worldwide dissemination of scientific knowledge by giving 81 developing countries free and immediate online access. In doing so, PNAS is helping build scientific capacity in low-income areas of the world. Like the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS is committed to providing broad access to current scientific research across many fields and to fostering globalization of research tools and advances.''
PNAS is already providing free access to issues after a 6 month delay at both the PubMed Central and PNAS Online web sites.
Later in the article the writer encourages other scientific journals to follow suit. Let's hope they do.
Full text article:
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/99/9/5751
Public Library of Science (organization to make scientific information freely available to all):
http://publiclibraryofscience.org
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