Elevating the Open Access licensing model
How Orvium steps forward by introducing a decentralized model :
Scientific research provides us with a foundation for our modern society. It leads to breakthroughs and innovation, which in turn lead to a better quality of life. Nowadays, we are able to find treatments for deadly diseases, solve challenges like global warming, and even build new industries that up to a decade ago were just the plot of sci-fi comic books.
However, one of the biggest challenges scientific research faces today is easy access to the results of the studies.
Scientists’ research is funded by governments out of taxpayers contributions and given to publishers for free. Publishers then sell the articles to government-funded institutions and universities at exorbitant prices, to be read by scientists, who are the ones who created those articles in the first place.
This is not only detrimental to the scientific community but also leads to tragicomical situations: because of the ever-increasing prices scientific publishers demand, some universities end up unable to access research conducted by their own staff. Moreover, even though students — through taxes and tuition — also underwrite a vast portion of the scientific research, they are denied access to the results, unless they pay prohibitive subscription fees.
But perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the current scientific landscape is that taxpayers don’t have access to the research funded from their contributions.
Given those facts governments, institutions, and even academics support the idea of an Open Access licensing model.
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