Why Full Open Access Matters

Michael W Carroll ()

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Abstract: Scientific authors who pay to publish their articles in an open-access publication should be congratulated for doing so. They also should be aware that they may not be getting full open access from some publications that charge for publication under the ‘‘open access’’ label. [PLOS Biology]. URL:[http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001210].

Keywords: open access; publication; digital technologies; authors; internet; accessible; inflation; journal publishing; profits; scientific communication; scholarly journal literature; pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12
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