John Zarocostas, WHO boosts internet access to clinical trials, the Lancet 363(9416), 1206 (10 April 2004).(Access restricted to subscribers.) Zarocostas reports in a brief news piece that the World Health Organization (WHO) will post clinical trial information in the ISRCTN Register, a
a database of randomised controlled clinical trials, each assigned an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number(ISRCTN). "Until now there has been no easy mechanism to make WHO research easily available to researchers––particularly those in developing countries whom it affects most," the article states. "The register should make it easier for the scientific community to track and keep up to date with current research developments, WHO says."
Posted by
Garrett at 5/10/2004 04:43:00 PM.
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.
