On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Markus Schneider wrote: > An author A citing a paper published by C would need to pay Cc (say 50) > per citation to journal C
The principle purpose of the open-access movement is to prevent needless loss of research impact (as reflected, for example, in citations) because of access-tolls. The goal is to maximise research usage by eliminating all usage tolls. Usage includes: reading, downloading, storing, printing out, computer-analyzing, applying, and citing. The above is a proposal to create an impact toll! (The cure is far, far worse than the disease.) Stevan Harnad P.S. This is also essentially a "pay-to-link" proposal: rather against the grain of the Web. It would also make scholarship rather, umm, strained, if Abdus Salaam had to pay a source to cite Bohr (not to mention Newton, or Archimedes)...
