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Open access: changing global science publishing

The article reflects on open access as a strategy of changing the quality of science communication globally. Successful examples of open-access journals are presented to highlight implications of archiving in open digital repositories for the quality and citability of research output. Advantages and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gasparyan, Armen Yuri, Ayvazyan, Lilit, Kitas, George D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Medical Schools 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986284
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2013.54.403
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Sumario:The article reflects on open access as a strategy of changing the quality of science communication globally. Successful examples of open-access journals are presented to highlight implications of archiving in open digital repositories for the quality and citability of research output. Advantages and downsides of gold, green, and hybrid models of open access operating in diverse scientific environments are described. It is assumed that open access is a global trend which influences the workflow in scholarly journals, changing their quality, credibility, and indexability.