Who Should Own Scientific Papers?

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Authors

Steven M. Bachrach · Northern Illinois University

R. Stephen Berry · University of Chicago

M. Blume · Brookhaven National Laboratory

T. Foerster · Springer Nature (Germany)

Alexander J. Fowler · San Francisco Foundation

Paul Ginsparg · Los Alamos National Laboratory

Stephen R. Heller

Abstract

Electronic publication has changed the relationship between publisher and scientist. This Policy Forum argues, because Federally-supported science is a public good, that authors of works based on such support should retain copyright, and issue licenses to their publishers.

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Academic Publishing and Open Access Research Data Management Practices scientometrics and bibliometrics research

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Published in: Science

Volume 281, Issue 5382, pp. 1459-1460

DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5382.1459

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