"I believe that the democratization of scientific knowledge is essential, and one way to accomplish this goal is by making research open to access. By removing barriers to accessing scientific information, we can ensure that everyone, regardless of their background or financial resources, has the opportunity to engage with and benefit from scientific research."

-- Dr. Ibrahim Tarik Ozbolat

#OpenAccessScience

https://ioppublishing.org/news/dr-ibrahim-tarik-ozbolat-talks-open-access-publishing/

"We report crusts, cracks, aggregates, and bright polygonal ridges on the surfaces of hydrated salt-rich dunes of southern Utopia Planitia (~25°N) from in situ exploration by the Zhurong rover. These surface features were inferred to form after 1.4 to 0.4 million years ago. Wind and CO2 frost processes can be ruled out as potential mechanisms. Instead, involvement of saline water from thawed frost/snow is the most likely cause."

#MartianHydrology
#OpenAccessScience

https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.8085?af=R

A public service reminder.

If your privilege doesn't include working for a chumpish institution brainlessly subsidizing science-as-ransomware, scientific reports published in journals operated by for-profit publishers bearing fatally conflicted objectives are often still available via #Unpaywall.

A browser plugin exposes instant (and legal) access to many hostage articles. Easy to install and it doesn't come with any devious business plans.

#OpenAccessScience
https://unpaywall.org/products/extension

There's a tasty collection of articles about interpersonal communications in the latest Royal Society Phi-Trans B, most of 'em #OpenAccessScience

Just one:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2021.0471?af=R

70/134 articles in this week's @SkepicalScience new research feature are #OpenAccessScience.

There will be a few sneakers missed by #Unpaywall, so maybe even better?

Progress in fits and starts.