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The Internet is profoundly changing how scientists work and publish. New business models are being tested by publishers, including open access, in which the author pays and content is free to the user. This ongoing web focus will explore current trends and future possibilities. Each week, the website will publish specially commissioned insights and analysis from leading scientists, librarians, publishers and other stakeholders, as well as key links, and articles from our archive. All content is available free.
13th September 2004: With today's contributions, this
Nature focus now closes. Its topic, the future of access
to the scientific literature, will no doubt continue to be the
subject of lively debate among librarians, publishers, learned
societies, and scientists. I hope that the contents of this
focus will usefully and constructively contribute to this debate.
Declan Butler
European correspondent, Nature
Comments may be addressed to d.butler@nature.com
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Introduction
Declan Butler
Nature
19 March 2004
Experiments in publishing 
Opinion, Nature, 431,
111 (09 September 2004)
The pros and cons of
Open Access
Kate Worlock
13 September 2004
The orthodoxy of Open
Access
John Ewing
13 September 2004
Journal publishing:
what do authors want?
Ian Rowlands, Dave Nicholas and
Paul Huntingdon
13 September 2004
What do societies do with their publishing surpluses?
Christine Baldwin and Sally Morris
13 September 2004
Electronic publishing models and the public good
Bernard Rous
13 September 2004
Britain
decides 'open access' is still an open issue
Declan Butler
Nature
From Nature 22 July 2004
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NEWS AND FEATURES
Societies take united stand on journal access
Nature 428, 356 (25 March 2004)
Scientific publishing: Who will pay for open access?
Declan Butler
Nature 425, 554 - 555 (9 Oct 2003)
ANALYSIS
Revolution or evolution?
A shift to an open-access model of publishing would clearly benefit science, but who should pay?
Susan R. Owens
EMBO reports 4, 742 - 743 (1 Aug 2003)
EDITORIAL
Ethical profits from publishing
Frank Gannon
EMBO reports 5, 1 (1 Jan 2004)
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What can research agencies, publishers and government do to promote access to the scientific literature, and who should pay? Here, we present links to position papers on the question from academic and other institutions.
Oxford University Press
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
BioMed Central
Elsevier
Public Library of Science
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