POINT/COUNTERPOINT Suggestions for topics suitable for these Point/Counterpoint debates should be addressed to Colin G. Orton, Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University, Detroit: ortonc@comcast.net. Persons participating in Point/Counterpoint discussions are selected for their knowledge and communicative skill. Their positions for or against a proposition may or may not reflect their personal opinions or the positions of their employers. Open access journals benefit authors from more affluent institutions Eduardo G. Moros, Ph.D. Departments of Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, and Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612 (Tel: 813-745-1075; E-mail: eduardo.moros@moffitt.org) Per H. Halvorsen, M.S. Department of Radiation Oncology, Lahey Health, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805 (Tel: 781-744-3628; E-mail: Per.H.Halvorsen@lahey.org) Colin G. Orton, Ph.D., Moderator (Received 4 June 2016; accepted for publication 13 June 2016; published 6 September 2016) [http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4959548] OVERVIEW At first sight it would appear that making published articles available for anyone to read worldwide at no cost (Open Access) would be an asset to all authors, but some claim that authors from less-affluent institutions would not benefit. This is the premise debated in this month’s Point/Counterpoint. Arguing for the Proposition is Eduardo G. Moros, Ph.D. Dr. Moros received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona, Tuc- son, in 1984, 1987 and 1990, respectively. After receiving his Ph.D., he spent a year as an Associate Researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and then joined the Mallinckrodt Institute of Ra- diology at Washington University School of Medicine, where he eventually became Professor and Head of the Research Physics Section of the Department of Radiation Oncology. In 2005, Dr. Moros moved to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR and, in 2011, moved to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL as Professor in the Department of Oncologic Sciences. He has served on numerous AAPM Committees including the Editorial Board, is the current Chairman of the Working Group on the Development of a Research Database, and is a Fellow of the AAPM. Dr. Moros is certified in Therapeutic Radiological Physics by the ABR. Arguing against the Propo- sition is Per H. Halvorsen, M.S. Since receiving his M.S. degree in Radiological Medi- cal Physics from the Univer- sity of Kentucky in 1990, Mr. Halvorsen has worked in large academic medical centers and private community clinics and, currently, is the Chief Physicist in Radiation Oncology at Lahey Health in Burlington, MA. He has been very active in the AAPM and the ACR on professional practice issues with particular focus on practice standards and peer review, serving on the ACR’s Radiation Oncology Accreditation Committee, as Chairman of the AAPM Professional Council, as an Associate Editor of the JACMP, on the AAPM Board of Directors, and as President of the AAPM Connecticut Chapter. Mr. Halvorsen is a Fellow of the AAPM and the ACR and is certified in Therapeutic Radiological Physics by the ABR. FOR THE PROPOSITION: Eduardo G. Moros, Ph.D. Opening Statement Before defending the Proposition, I would like to make a statement of clarification and define a couple of terms. The statement is that Open Access (OA) publishing provides advantages to society, one of which is that it removes obstacles for the dissemination of science and does so at a lower overall cost. 1 The terms I would like to clarify are 5265 Med. Phys. 43 (10), October 2016 0094-2405/2016/43(10)/5265/3/$30.00 © 2016 Am. Assoc. Phys. Med. 5265