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Article Information:
Title:
Open access gains momentum
Author(s):
Howard Falk
Journal:
Year:
2004
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
527 - 530
ISSN:
0264-0473
DOI:
10.1108/02640470410570848
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
Journals being offered for open access have been on the increase for over a decade, growing to around 1,200 journals to date. Authors wishing to be published are charged a publication fee, and their papers are made available without any charge to the public. However, journals in the scientific and scholarly field, a total of approximately 25,000, are rarely offered for open access. International pressure from scientists wishing to unblock the barriers that stop the dissemination of research results has caused a rift with publishers, who fear a decrease in publishing revenues.
Keywords:
Electronic journals, Electronic publishing, Generation and dissemination of information, Open systems
Article Type:
Conceptual Paper