Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) wants federally funded research to be available for free online within six months of appearing in a peer-reviewed journal.
The government funds billions of dollars worth of research projects, but the results are often locked up into expensive scientific journals without easy access to the public. Doyle's Federal Research Public Access Act "will give the American people greater access to the important scientific research results they've paid for," he said in a statement.
The bill would require federal agencies with annual research budgets of $110 million or more to submit an electronic copy of the final manuscript that has been accepted by publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Manuscripts that have been produced even partially with federal money must be available online no later than six months after it appears in the journal.
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Author: Kim Hart
