A forum sharing research papers results in an estimated $1.4 million in savings

November 10, 2009 by Colby
Filed under: Social Media (General) 

At university, it was especially frustrating not having access to countless nutrition (and related) journals, despite my degree emphasis in nutritional science.  Except for the absurd setup of publishing ownership, it is the main reason I want to see the open access movement catch on.  Journals like the Public Library of Sciences are making big impacts on the existing publishing model.

Social media enables the open access movement, and a recent study about a medical forum that contained a section for research article sharing shows the significance.  It estimated that for one year, the cost of savings (or loss to the publishers) was $1.4 million, just from one social platform, if the articles were estimated at a value of $30 each.

It is almost inevitable that information moves to a completely free distribution model since the broadness of the internet is simply too great to police.

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