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Why Full Open Access Matters

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This perspective explains the mechanics of copyright and scholarly publishing and warns authors who support open-access publishing about a new pseudo open-access publishing model in which authors pay but publishers still retain commercial reuse rights.

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  • Michael W Carroll, 2011. "Why Full Open Access Matters," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(11), pages 1-3, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:1001210
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001210
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    1. Harvey Marcovitch, 2010. "Editors, Publishers, Impact Factors, and Reprint Income," Working Papers id:3135, eSocialSciences.
    2. Harvey Marcovitch, 2010. "Editors, Publishers, Impact Factors, and Reprint Income," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(10), pages 1-2, October.
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    1. Matteo Migheli & Giovanni B. Ramello, 2014. "Open Access Journals & Academics’ Behaviour," ICER Working Papers 03-2014, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research.
    2. Benedikt Fecher & Sascha Friesike, 2013. "Open Science: One Term, Five Schools of Thought," RatSWD Working Papers 218, German Data Forum (RatSWD).
    3. Amy Forrester, 2015. "Barriers to Open Access Publishing: Views from the Library Literature," Publications, MDPI, vol. 3(3), pages 1-21, September.
    4. Jonathan P. Tennant & Harry Crane & Tom Crick & Jacinto Davila & Asura Enkhbayar & Johanna Havemann & Bianca Kramer & Ryan Martin & Paola Masuzzo & Andy Nobes & Curt Rice & Bárbara Rivera-López & Tony, 2019. "Ten Hot Topics around Scholarly Publishing," Publications, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-24, May.
    5. Richard Wellen, 2013. "Open Access, Megajournals, and MOOCs," SAGE Open, , vol. 3(4), pages 21582440135, October.

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