The Internet – and pressure from funding agencies, who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government-funded research by restricting access to it – is making access to scientific results a reality.

　　①No longer. The Internet – and pressure from funding agencies, who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government-funded research by restricting access to it – is making access to scientific results a reality.

　　②The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just issued a report describing the far-reaching consequences of this.

　　③The report, by John Houghton of Victoria University in Australia and Graham Vickery of the OECD, makes heavy reading for publishers who have, so far, made handsome profits.

　　④But it goes further than that. It signals a change in what has, until now, been a key element of scientific endeavor.

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　　①但这种行为将成为历史了。许多基金会质问为何商业刊物可以通过限制科研成果的使用从政府资助的研究项目中获利，这种压力和网络的发展使免费使用科研成果变成现实。

　　②经济合作与发展组织最近发表报告评论了此举的深远影响。

　　③这篇由澳大利亚维多利亚大学的约翰•豪斯和经合组织的格莱汉姆•维克利共同撰写的报告让那些获取了巨大利润的出版商读起来心情沉重。

　　④但它的意义并不仅至于此，它还表明目前科学研究中一个关键要素发生了改变。