Open access: academic publishing and its implications for knowledge equity in Kenya
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Open access: academic publishing and its implications for knowledge equity in Kenya
Traditional, subscription-based scientific publishing has its limitations: often, articles are inaccessible to the majority of researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where journal subscriptions or one-time access fees are cost-prohibitive. Open access (OA) publishing, in which journals provide online access to articles free of charge, breaks this barrier and allows unrestricte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Globalization and Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-26