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Academic Pirates Trade Science Articles
Those in the medical field may be illegally distributing academic journal articles, a recent report reveals. Read More »
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Boycott Of Publishing Giant Elsevier Gathers Pace
Frustrated by what they call an exploitative business model and unreasonable prices, researchers at [University of Toronto] have joined a growing movement asking: how much must we pay for knowledge?
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Europe Joins UK Open-access Bid
Being the first to try something new is nerve-wracking — so it is always a relief to see someone else follow your lead. When the UK government announced on 16 July that it would require much of the country’s taxpayer-funded research to be open-access from April 2013, it was not immediately clear whether the move would set a trend or prove to be an isolated gamble... Read More »
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Free Access to British Scientific Research within Two Years
The government is to unveil controversial plans to make publicly funded scientific research immediately available for anyone to read for free by 2014, in the most radical shakeup of academic publishing since the invention of the internet. Read More »
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