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A very interesting way to find journals, authors and related publications
This tool allows you to insert either a whole abstract or some keywords, to find related journals, their influence and other benefits (like being available for free after a certain amount of time). It...
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The Netherlands supports (with €) open access in science
As reported by BioMed Central, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will provide €1 million to help scientists develop new open access journals or convert existing journals to...
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On open access – practical issues
Upulie Divisekera, prolific tweeter and all-around awesome scientist, wanted to write a thing about open access and was nice enough to ask me for some help. The result, which you can find on Crikey and...
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Bohannon’s Science Sting – playing devil’s advocate and proposing a solution
[Update: I realise that perhaps many of you are not going to have the same perspective about the Science Sting that I have purposefully taken here (hence the title). Apologies in advance.] It took a...
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Guerilla open access, public engagement with research, and ivory towers
Despite the growth of open access publishing, there is still a massive and growing archive of peer-reviewed research that is hidden behind paywalls. While academics can reach most of the research they...
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