The agencies together receive about US$ 60 billion in federal research dollars each year, with about half going to the NIH, so the number of papers
available annually could double under the proposal, says Heather Joseph, another petition leader and executive director of the pro-open access
Scholarly Publishing and Academic
Resources Coalition, based in Washington DC.
Research solicitations must be thoughtful,
scholarly, and responsive to the intellectual
resources available within the research community.