Spiegel.de berichtet über Jack Andracka, einen 16jährigen Nachwuchswissenschaftler, und den von ihm entwickelten Test auf Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. Nicht erwähnt wird, dass Andrackas Erfolg nur durch Open Access möglich war. Aus dem Vancouver Explorer:
Andraka says that over the course of a few months, he generally purchases roughly 30 articles at $40 a piece for an average of 10 pages. $1,200 is no small sum for a high school student without a regular income – and parents supporting their children – and in a faltering economy, it’s an impossibility for many bright youth.
Im Artikel sind einige schöne Zitate, ebenso im FigShare-Blog:
“This was the [paywall to the] article I smuggled into class the day my teacher was explaining antibodies and how they worked. I was not able to access very many more articles directly. I was 14 and didn’t drive and it seemed impossible to go to a University and request access to journals”.
Andracka hat auch eine Open-Access-Petition erstellt.