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Archives: National Institute of Health

Revisiting: Is Access to the Research Paper the Same Thing as Access to the Research "Results"?

Is access to the research paper really the same thing as access to the research results themselves? Are funding agencies creating a false equivalency by confusing the two? And does this confusion favor researchers in some fields over others? Revisiting a 2013 post to re-examine these questions.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 11, 2015
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Old and Stale? — Aging Researchers, Funding Trends, and the Doughnut Effect

Proposals to get more money to younger researchers shine a light on the aging cadre of academic researchers and the lack of succession we risk with current practices.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Oct 23, 2014
  • 20 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

New US Public Access Legislation Included in Government Funding Bill

The US government’s new appropriations bill contains a public access mandate for research articles funded by some agencies.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 16, 2014
  • 31 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Are US Taxpayers the Primary Beneficiaries of the NIH Public Access Policy?

New evidence suggests that US taxpayers are not the major beneficiaries of the NIH Public Access Policy, and that even within the NIH, there has been some unease about the situation.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 5, 2013
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Is Access to the Research Paper the Same Thing as Access to the Research "Results"?

Is access to the research paper really the same thing as access to the research results themselves? Are funding agencies creating a false equivalency by confusing the two? And does this confusion favor researchers in some fields over others?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 6, 2013
  • 27 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Old PhDs and the Matthew Effect — Is the Attention Economy of Scholarship Making Science Too Staid?

Older PhDs, longer postdoc stints, the rich getting richer, and other factors are creating a “founder effect” and consolidating power at the upper end of scholarship. Is it a Ponzi scheme? Can grassroot efforts change things?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 24, 2010
  • 30 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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