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Nature 453, 450 (22 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453450c; Published online 21 May 2008
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Open-access more harm than good in developing world
Raghavendra Gadagkar1
- Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
The traditional 'publish for free and pay to read' business model adopted by publishers of academic journals can lead to disparity in access to scholarly literature, exacerbated by rising journal costs and shrinking library budgets. However, although the 'pay to publish and read for free' business model of open-access publishing has helped to create a level playing field for readers, it does more harm than good in the developing world.
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