It is indeed very welcome that the European Commission is going to "test open access for a variety of disciplines" [1]. This test of open access is going to be pretty big, covering 10 billion euros-worth of research. Let us hope that the "test" just evaluates the effects of OA on readership and dissemination of information. Access is more important than citation [2]. I suppose that the test will be run some time after 2013, when the funded projects have put in their reports. Put a note in your diary. N Miradon [1] http://listserver.sigmaxi.org/sc/wa.exe?A2=ind08&L=american-scientist-open-access-forum&D=1&O=D&F=l&S=&P=66088 [2] http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/337/jul31_1/a568#200526
