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Academic journal publishing is headed for a day of reckoning

  • Written by Patrick Burns, Dean of Libraries and Vice President for Information Technology, Colorado State University
imageLocking articles away behind a paywall stifles access.Elizabeth, CC BY-NC-ND

Imagine a researcher working under deadline on a funding proposal for a new project. This is the day she’s dedicated to literature review – pulling examples from existing research in published journals to provide evidence for her great idea. Creating an...

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