Viewing and reusing all scientific articles free of charge will be possible in Europe from 2020

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Academic papers in the scientific field basically do not allow universities or people outside the research institute to freely browse, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs pay high money to know the latest research content I need to subscribe to scientific journals. However, since the research contents published in Europe since 2020 are all free, a decision was made that anyone can freely browse.

All European scientific articles to be freely accessible by 2020 | News item | EU2016.nl
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In Europe, the three pillars of "scientific excellence", "leadership in industry" and "efforts to social challenge" are three pillars, and the whole European scale to eliminate obstacles from scientific research results to industrial innovation program"Horizon 2020"Has been implemented, and about 70 billion euros (about 9.8 trillion yen) from governments in 20 years from 2014 to 2020Fund will be provided.

As a part of Horizon 2020, research funded by the government, except for those judged unsuitable for disclosure from the viewpoint of privacy and security, from 2020 if it is a member of an EU member country It has been decided that it can be browsed for free and can be reused. Furthermore, in order to attract promising start-ups to Europe, introduction of visas for founder of start-up is also being considered.

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Based on this decision, in the present situationOpen accessWe are planning to change the law that is obstacles to the realization of the future. Also, it is clear that the realization of open access will remove the barriers of science field and how much society benefits from a scientific point of view. For this reason, research institutions are expected to be evaluated not only by the number of papers but also by the magnitude of the impact on society.

Mr. Thunder · Decker, Deputy Secretary of Education, Culture and Science in the Netherlands, said, "Research and innovation encourages economic growth, creates employment and presents solutions to social problems, It must be a more attractive place for startup, sharing knowledge of free is necessary for companies etc. to be made and investment to be done.When discussions on open access are discussed, it is already in the past and this agreement It is time to move on to action actually, "commented on this decision.