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Internet Archive (IA)
The Internet Archive is a non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. It was founded in 1996 and is located in San Francisco, California. Read More »
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Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine
The Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine is one of the premier peer-reviewed journal of scientific work for healthcare professionals, practitioners, and scientists seeking to evaluate and integrate Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into mainstream practice. Read More »
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OHNews 2013 Readers Choice: Most visited links to 'Open Access' Publications
As we head towards the end of the year, the global 'Open Health' movement continues to grow and strengthen. Based on the number of hits by our Open Health News (OHNews) readers on links to 'Open Access' health informatics and medical publications (e.g. Read More »
OMICS Group
OMICS Publishing Group through its Open Access Initiative is committed to make genuine and reliable contributions to the scientific community. OMICS Publishing Group and various Scientific International Societies have taken a significant step ahead and chosen Open Access with OMICS to promote the wide variety of research published all over the world. Read More »
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Open Access (OA) Research Publications reach the 'Tipping Point'
Science-Metrix just completed three reports on the availability of 'Open Access' scientific literature and data for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. The study looked at European Union (EU) countries, as well as Brazil, Canada, U.S., and Japan. The studies are revevent to both the EU and the U.S. Read More »
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Open access 2013: A year of gaining momentum
Was this the year open access for science reached critical mass? Read More »
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Open Access Button
The Open Access Button was designed to tackle the frustration shared by millions of individuals who search for research articles online, only to have their progress slowed – and often halted – by paywall pages requesting payment in exchange for viewing the article. Read More »
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Open Access Button – that's 'OA Button', not 'Blue Button'
Running into a publisher’s 'paywall' when looking for a recent journal article and/or key findings is a major frustration that many researchers tend to encounter. Students and health advocates David Carroll and Joe McArthur decided to take these dead ends and turn them into something useful. Check out this hot new idea – the Open Access Button! Less than 30 days from inception to action - a working prototype of the OA Button. Read More »
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Open Access Roundup
Over the past several weeks, we’ve witnessed a number of announcements, launches, and news stories related to open access (OA). This roundup of top stories includes the launch of a student-developed OA tool, the boycott of “luxury” journals by a Nobel Prize winner and his lab, a new national OA policy, and the debut of a long-awaited, long-planned-for initiative to support gold OA. Read More »
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Open Access Scientific Publishing is Gaining Ground
At the beginning of April, Research Councils UK, a conduit through which the government transmits taxpayers’ money to academic researchers, changed the rules on how the results of studies it pays for are made public. From now on they will have to be published in journals that make them available free—preferably immediately, but certainly within a year. Read More »
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Open access to scientific knowledge has reached its 'tipping point'
A recent study funded by the European Commission and undertaken by analysts at Science-Metrix, a Montreal-based company that assesses science and technology organizations, has concluded that half of all published academic papers become freely available in no more than two years. Read More »
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Open Medicine
Open Medicine is a peer-reviewed, independent, 'open access' general medical journal. The mission of Open Medicine is to facilitate the equitable global dissemination of high-quality health research; to promote international dialogue and collaboration on health issues; to improve clinical practice; and to expand and deepen the understanding of health and health care. Read More »
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit publisher and advocacy organization. Their mission is to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Everything they publish is 'open access' - freely available online for anyone to use.
PLoS goals are to: Read More »
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Reasons To Go For Open Access: Perspectives From A Clinician And A Librarian
In recognition of Open Access week, Dr Pascal Meier an interventional cardiologist from University College London and Yale Medical School, and Whitney Townsend, the coordinator of the Health Sciences Executive Research Services at University of Michigan, provide their views on the benefits of open access publishing. Read More »
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Researcher Posts Protected Papers to Protest Journal Paywalls
A prominent critic of scientific journals that charge subscriptions to read government-funded research results has launched a high-profile protest by posting five copyrighted Science papers on his personal website. Read More »
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