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RE: Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (update)
Thanks for the update. I'm glad to see that journals are making research on Ebola open access, but we really need to move to open access for all scientific publications and away from the old journal model.
Yeah, hopefully this is a sign of pressure for journals to move more in this direction. It'll get there but for now journals are providing a service that sadly still needs funding some how (preferably not from the public). If you're on twitter I highly recommend following Richard Horton who is the editor-in-chief of The Lancet. From listening to him talk over the last few years it’s really put in to perspective the role that a good journal can play in the public discourse around science.