<div dir="ltr"><div>GOAL: [Please excuse any cross-posting]</div><div><div><br></div><div>Open
Letter(s) on Open Access releases as a 'working paper' its first Open
Letter. This one provides commentary on how open are the 48 sources
cited in a survey article published in <i>Lancet</i> on Alzhiemer's
research in China. It's an example of commenting on to what extent
authors of highly regarded works have taken steps to provide open access
to their research. <br></div><div><br></div><div>We've clicked on the
OA button for any of these cited sources which are closed or which are
shared in ways that we consider problematic. So individual authors are
likely to receive specific appeals for their authors to make their
articles sustainably accessible. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The Open
Letter(s) on Open Access will release two more Open Letters in the next
few weeks: one about a set of award winning articles in Sociology, and
another about award winners in the humanities. These are meant to show
examples of how to shine a light on how academics share important
articles. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Any comments or suggestions are welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>-John Dove</div>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><br></font></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font face="Arial">_________________</font></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font face="Arial">John G. Dove, personal e-mail</font></font></div><div><a href="mailto:JohnGDove@gmail.com" target="_blank">JohnGDove@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>PS: Want to see what I call an "Open Web Smart-Link"? Check out my article in <i>Learned Publishing:</i> "Full Discovery: What is the publisher's role?". Since it was one of the dozen most-downloaded articles in <i>Learned Publishing</i>, Wiley provided me with a link to a version that can be read without hitting the usual paywall:<span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"> <a href="http://rdcu.be/QFCO" target="_blank">http://rdcu.be/QFCO</a>.</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"></span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(13,13,13)"></span>
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