Marie Martens, BioMed Central: Open Access, Moving into the Mainstream
Mood:  a-ok
Notes by Christina Pikas


Subject areas embracing open access
- bioinformatics
- cancer
- arthritis
- public health
- infectious diseases

senior authors believe article downloads more credible than citations (?)
(independent study by CIBER: http://www.ucl.ak.uk/ciber/ciber_2005_survey_final.pdf)

"All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident"
Arthur Schopenhauer

daser2005
Updated: 12/5 to add tag and picture, correct glaring spelling problem