open-access (OA) journals

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The Opportunities And Challenges Of Online Open-Access Publishing

Erik Voeten | The Washington Post | August 25, 2014

This week around 7,000 political scientists will descend on Washington for the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)... The theme of this year’s meeting is “Politics after the Digital Revolution.”...

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Top Scientific Publisher Chooses Not To Advance Open Access

Jon Tennant | The Conversation | September 3, 2014

Access to research is limited worldwide by the high cost of subscription journals, which force readers to pay for their content. The use of scientific research in new studies, educational material and news is often restricted by these publishers, who require authors to sign over their rights and then control what is done with the published work...

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