Improving access to scholarly research in Africa: open access initiatives
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Open access to scholarly full-text documents
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to discuss open access to scholarly full-text documents. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses open access to scholarly full-text documents. Findings – The paper shows that while open access archives are good for the majority, for publishers, editors and authors, open access articles can substantially increase their impact, and the impact factor for th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Serials: The Journal for the Serials Community
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0953-0460,1475-3308
DOI: 10.1629/24251