For supporters of open access publishing, these are heady times. Over the past year the campaign to make the full text of original research articles freely available via the world wide web has made rapid progress (box). Its most tangible sign was the publication of PLoS Biology, which is favourably reviewed elsewhere in the journal (p 56). It's the first foray into publishing by the pressure group the Public Library of Science, which aims "to catalyze a revolution in scientific publishing by providing a compelling demonstration of the value and feasibility of open-access publication." If its revolution succeeds "everyone who has access to a computer and an Internet connection will be a keystroke away from our living treasury of scientific and medical knowledge."
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