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		lliiffee on March 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: House Bill Will Ban Open Access to Scientific Publ... There is a real possibility that lobbying by scientists is at least behind this. I can easily imagine someone so angry that their grant forbids them from sending their paper to Nature (which has prestige above any open journal) that they write to their representatives.

falsestprophet on March 10, 2009 [–]

That is a good point. But they can still submit to the Proceedings of the National Academy, which is an equally prestigious journal.

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