Scholarly Communication : Open Access : Free for all. A short unsigned note from the December 18 Nature, p. 755: "Will the scientific literature in future be dominated by journals that do not charge their readers? That is the goal of the 'open-access' movement, which argues that the costs of publishing should be borne up front by those who fund research, rather than those who want to read about it. Open-access journals, which charge publication fees, have been proliferating over the past few years. October saw the launch of the most prominent, Public Library of Science Biology, which is competing for top biology papers with Nature, Science and Cell." (Thanks to Garrett Eastman.) [Open Access News]  7:06:33 AM   [Feedback ]