Re: https://www.hifa.org/dgroups-rss/open-access-12-q4-how-would-you-design-...
Margaret Winker asks: How can open access help research and knowledge from LMICs be peer reviewed, published, translated, and disseminated?
There are several points we might consider, raising wider questions about how the OA system could be designed to better meet the needs of researchers and publishers in LMICs.
1. How does open access (to peer-reviewed primary and secondary research) facilitate the conception and implementation of relevant, high-quality research?
For example, to what extent do researchers in LMICs benefit from open access to identify research priorities and questions? How does open access facilitate a systematic review (or an inforrmla review) of the relevant literature in the ealry stages of research?
2. How does open access facilitate the peer review, publication, translation and dissemination of research? With most open access licences, translation and dissemination of research is unrestricted, thereby increasing availability and applicability. Does open access also facilitate peer review, and perhaps some aspects (which?) of the publishing process?
I look forward to read your thoughts. Please email: hifa@hifaforums.org
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Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org