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%The term “open science” was coined by economist Paul David (2003) in an attempt to describe the  %properties of scientific goods generated by the public sector and in opposition to the perceived extension of  %intellectual property rights into the area of information goods.   Economists %Economists  consider scientific knowledge generated %generated  by public research as a public good, which means that everyone can make use of that knowledge at %at  no additional cost once it is made public, generating higher social returns. %This thinking is not altogether  %new. As far back as 1942, Robert King Merton, an American sociologist of science, described a set of  %ideals that characterised modern science and to which scientists are bound. First and foremost is the notion  %of common ownership of scientific discoveries, according to which the substantive findings of science are  %seen as a product of social collaboration and are assigned to the community.   Scientists’ %Scientists’  claims to intellectual property are limited to recognition and esteem. While %While  this ideal-based system has functioned in part through the current system of peer review and subscription-based %subscription-based  scholarly publication, the ICT revolution has shaken, if not the underlying ideals, at least %least  the system of scientific production and diffusion. Open science in the information age espouses the notion %notion  that knowledge created from public research has public good characteristics that go beyond the concept %concept  of the “commons” developed in the 18th century, insofar as ICT-enabled access broadens the possibilities %possibilities  to enrich the commons and extend it to a broader range of users. Open search tools increase the efficiency of research as well as of its diffusion. Greater access to scientific  inputs and outputs can improve the effectiveness and productivity of the scientific and research system, by: