Open access – is this the future of medical publishing?

Should We be More “Open” About Publishing Research?

“…The more the article is used, cited, applied, and built upon, the better for research as well as for the researcher's career [24].…”

When communicating health-related knowledge, beware of the black holes of the knowledge landscapes geography

“…The Open Access approach for scientific information allows every user regardless of education level or affiliation to access original research publications (8). Together with the repositories of books and online courses, large quantities of relevant knowledge, including medical knowledge, can be accessed in the digital world.…”

Resisting the small cake phenomenon – sharing resources and knowledge makes you rich

“…Researchers may be bewildered by the neglect of science as a source of vital knowledge for the society, but recently, it has been argued that these unfavorable conditions can also be a source of a specific aspect of the scientific excellence ( 1 ). The values of national grants can be easily recalculated into the number of publishing fees charged by gold open access journals ( 2 ). If an individual research grant per year amounts to less than 10 publishing fees, the grant does not even cover the publication costs of the productive group results, subsequently being of questionable value for both the grant agency and the society.…”