J Transl Med. 2012 Jan 24;10:13. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-13.
In December 2011 the United States House of Representatives introduced a new bill, the Research Works Act (H.R.3699), which if passed could threaten the public's access to US government funded research. In a digital age when professional and lay parties alike look more and more to the online environment to keep up to date with developments in their fields, does this bill serve the best interests of the community? Those in support of the Research Works Act argue that government open access mandates undermine peer-review and take intellectual property from publishers without compensation, however journals like Journal of Translational Medicine show that this is not the case. Journal of Translational Medicine in affiliation with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer demonstrates how private and public organisations can work together for the advancement of science.
2011 年 12 月，美国众议院提出了一项新法案，即《研究工作法案》（H.R.3699），该法案若获得通过，可能会威胁到公众获取美国政府资助研究的机会。在数字时代，专业人士和非专业人士都越来越倾向于在网络环境中了解自己领域的最新进展，那么这项法案是否符合社区的最大利益呢？支持《研究工作法案》的人认为，政府的开放获取授权破坏了同行评审，并在没有补偿的情况下从出版商那里夺走了知识产权，但像《转化医学杂志》这样的期刊表明情况并非如此。《转化医学杂志》与癌症免疫治疗学会合作，展示了私营和公共组织如何为了科学的进步而共同努力。
