Dr Robin Derricourt says one small modification to the research funding model could deliver major gains in impact and productivity for Government, universities and individual academics alike. • At first appearance the numbers seem stark. Government is investing more and more public money on research: $8.3 billion over 10 years. Defending taxpayer interests, Government wants...

The environment in which research is being conducted and disseminated is undergoing profound change, with new technologies offering new opportunities, changing research practices demanding new capabilities, and increased focus on research performance. A key question facing us today is, are there new opportunities and new models for scholarly communication that could enhance the dissemination of...

This report has been prepared for the Coalition for Innovation in Scholarly Communication by Professor John Houghton of the the Centre for Strategic Economics Studies at Victoria University, Melbourne.