Álvaro Franco and two co-authors, Effect of democracy on health: ecological study, BMJ, December 18, 2004. In a survey of 170 countries, the authors find a correlation between political freedom and public health. In trying to account for it, one variable they propose is "better access to information".
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/24/2004 09:21:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
